Photo #: NH 77580
Aviator Eugene B. Ely
Poses with Captain Charles F. Pond, USN, Commanding Officer of
USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), shortly after
Ely had landed his airplane on board the ship, in San Francisco
Bay, California, 18 January 1911.
Ely's wife, Mabel, is standing beside him, second from the left.
The woman at right is probably Captain Pond's wife.
Ely, whose landing was the first ever made on a warship, is wearing
a leather helmet and goggles. Rubber inner tubes are wrapped
around his shoulders to provide floatation in case he landed
in the water.
Photographed by R.J. Waters & Co.
Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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