Naval Aviation Heritage Flashcards
Date: Eugene Ely takes off USS Birmingham in 50-hp Curtiss plane.
November 14, 1910
November 14, 1910
Eugene Ely takes off USS Birmingham in 50-hp Curtiss plane.
May 8, 1911
Birthdate of Naval aviation.
Date: Birthdate of Naval aviation.
May 8, 1911
What makes may 8, 1911 the birthdate of naval aviation?
Capt. Chambers requisitions two Glenn Curtiss biplanes for $5,500 each.
What was the Navy’s first aircraft?
A-1 triad
What later became the A-1 triad?
The Glenn Curtiss biplanes.
June 20, 1913
Ensign Billingsley dies. Thrown from B-2. First fatality of naval aviation.
Date: First fatality of naval aviation.
June 20, 1913
October 22, 1917
Inspector school founded.
Date: Inspector school founded.
October 22, 1917
March 20, 1922
The Jupiter (a former collier) re-commissioned as the Navy’s first carrier: the USS Langley (CV-1)
The Jupiter (a former collier) re-commissioned as the Navy’s first carrier: the USS Langley (CV-1)
March 20, 1922
March 10, 1948
FJ-1 Fury, the first Navy jet made its first carrier landing on the USS Boxer.
FJ-1 Fury, the first Navy jet made its first carrier landing on the USS Boxer.
March 10, 1948
