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Curtiss plane on deck of USS George H.W. Bush

Postby Al_Fallujah » Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:48 am

Retired Navy Cmdr. Bob Coolbaugh pilots a replica of a Curtis Pusher Biplane on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush. The original aircraft was flown off the deck of the light cruiser USS Birmingham by Eugene Ely on Nov. 14, to launch naval aviation.

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Shame they would not let him take off...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHnCy-YyIt8
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Re: Curtiss plane on deck of USS George H.W. Bush

Postby Al_Fallujah » Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:51 am

The famous original.
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Nov 14th 1910, Eugene B. Ely, pilot.
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Re: Curtiss plane on deck of USS George H.W. Bush

Postby Flying Trucker » Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:54 am

Now that is a real bugsmasher... ;D

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