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what happen 14 nov 1910
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first take-off from a ship eugene ely took off in a curtiss plane from the uss birmingham and landed on willoughby spit
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what happen 8 may 1911
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Captain W. I. Chambers prepared requisitions for two Glenn Curtiss biplanes the planes where named A-1 Triad and cost $5500 each
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20 June 1913.
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Ensign William D. Billingsley, piloting the B-2 at 1,600 feet over the water near Annapolis, Md., was thrown from the plane and fell to his death, the first fatality of Naval Aviation.
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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 with 14 men enrolled. now know as QA
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20 March 1922.
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The Jupiter, a former collier or coal-carrier, was re-commissioned after conversion to the Navy's first carrier, the USS LANGLEY (CV-1).
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10 March 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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