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What is the significance
of November 14, 1910? |
Eugene Ely achieved the first
shipboard takeoff in a 50hp Curtiss from the USS Birmingham in Hampton Roads Va landing On Willoughby Spit. |
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When is the birthday
of naval aviation? |
8 May 1911
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What was the Navy's
first aircraft? |
A-1 Triad
Purchased for 5, 500 each |
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Who was the first
fatality in Naval aviation? |
Ensign William D. Billingsley
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When did the first fatality
of Naval Aviation Occur? |
June 20th 1913
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Significance of
October 22th 1917? |
Fourteen enrolled in special inspector
courses in Ground School @ MIT establishing the Inspector School for aeronautical material producing 58 Motor & 114 A/C inspectors before end of the war, birthplace of QARs |
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Significance of
March 20th 1922? |
The former collier the Jupiter
was recommissioned becoming the first aircraft carrier the USS Langley |
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Significance of
March 10th 1948? |
First Navy Jet achieved first
carrier landing on USS Boxer |
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Aviation significance
of Battle Coral Sea? |
7-8 May 1942
First Carrier vs Carrier Battle Both launched A/C passed each other unseen. USS Lexington Sunk USS Yorktown damaged |
