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Boy, looks like a piece of cake :eek:
Eugene Ely takes his Curtiss pusher airplane off
the deck of USS Birmingham on 14
November 1910.
It was the first airplane takeoff from a warship.
On 18 January 1911, Eugene Ely lands with the same
plane on USS Pennsylvania, making this first
landing on a warship in history and a historical
event.
Notice his "life vest" (bicycle inner tubes!)
It was a loooong flight this first one lol
from Nov 10 until Jan 11
The certainly had some guts in those days, love the way he's wearing a suit under his flying jacket.:)
It looks more like it's falling rather than taking off... resembles some of those "Red Bull flying comp" things.
They were so fragile, the pilots really were very brave... but well-dressed brave :)