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Curtiss plane on deck of USS George H.W. Bush (Read 284 times)
Nov 18th, 2010 at 8:48am

Al_Fallujah   Ex Member

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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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Reply #1 - Nov 18th, 2010 at 8:51am

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The famous original.
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Nov 14th 1910, Eugene B. Ely, pilot.
 
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Reply #2 - Nov 18th, 2010 at 9:54am

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Now that is a real bugsmasher... Grin

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