AVIATION HERITAGE Flashcards
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8 May 1911
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Birthday of Navy Aviation. First planes purchased for 5,500- A-1 Triad
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14 Nov 1910
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First take-off, Eugene Ely. USS Birmingham, landed in Willoughby Spit
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20 June 1913
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First Fatality of Naval Aviation
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22 Oct 1917
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MIT - 14 men enrolled
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20 Mar 1922
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Jupiter (former collier) re-commissioned to first carrier, USS Langley (CV-1)
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10 Mar 1948
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FJ-1 Fury lands on USS Boxer
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7-8 May 1942
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Coral Sea: worlds first carrier vs carrier battle. Lexington was sunk
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3-5 June 1942
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Midway: turning point of Pacific War. Breaking of Japanese navel code. 3 carriers: Hornet, Enterprise, and Yorktown
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13-15 Nov 1942
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Guadalcanal: family member separation due to the loss of 5 Sullivan brothers on USS Juneau
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Who was the first naval aviator in space?
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CDR Alan Shepard
