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Plate 02 · USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay / View 1 of 5

The record / 18 Jan 1911

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1911 Curtiss Model D Pusher is the subject of this archive edition. 18 January 1911 · Eugene Ely aboard armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay

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Verified Airframe Configuration

Aircraft1911 Curtiss Model D Pusher
Date & Ship18 January 1911 · Eugene Ely aboard armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay
ConfigurationOpen bamboo/spruce outrigger frame (no fuselage pod), forward elevator on outriggers, Curtiss V-8 driving rear pusher propeller, interplane ailerons, tricycle gear with arresting hooks catching sandbag-weighted deck ropes

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