Full-scale replica of 1910 Curtiss Pusher Biplane

[Stargazer]

On Nov. 15, 2010, retired Navy Cmdr. Bob Coolbaugh brought his replica of a Curtiss Pusher Biplane, the first plane to take off from a Navy ship, to the flight deck of USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). The original aircraft was flown off the deck of the light cruiser USS Birmingham by Eugene Ely on Nov. 14, 1910, to launch naval aviation.

Source: The Avenger Volume 11 - November 2010

 

[Nik]

With carrier steaming into wind, I must wonder if that Curtiss left deck and went *backwards*...