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14 November 1910
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Eugene Ely flew off ina 50 hp Curtiss biplane from a wooden platform on the USS Birmingham because sailors pussed out
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8 May 2911
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Captain Chambers prepared requisitions for two Glenn Curtiss biplanes. Planes were purchased for $5,500 each and becamse the Navy's first aircraft, A-1 Triad. May 8th is the birthday of Naval Aviation
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20 June 2013
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Ensign William Billingsley piloting the B-2 at 1,600 feet over Annapolis Md was thrown from the plane and fell to his death. LT. John Towers riding as the passenger was unseated but fell with it into the water receiving serious injuries
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22 October 1917
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Special courses to train men as inspectors were added to the ground school program at MIT. Predecessors of modern QARs
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20 March 1922
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The Jupiter, a former coal carrier was re-commissioned to be the Navy's first carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1).
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10 Mar 1948
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FJ-1 Fury, the first Navy jet made its first carrier landing on the USS Boxer (CV-21)
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7-8 May 1942
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Battle of Coral Sea, world's forst carrier vs. carrier battle. Tactical victory for Japan, but strategic setback. They did not threaten Australia again
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3-5 June 1942
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Battle of Midway Turning point of the war in the Pacific. US sank 3 Japanese carriers, and then a fourth. US lost the Yorktown.
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13-15 November 1942
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Guadalcanal, 5 brothers from Iowa died serving on the same ship, USS Juneau. A ship was named in their honor
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