2007-01-01 01:23:58 · 9 answers · asked by Dirty Rob 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Eugene Ely, test pilot for Curtiss, in 1911. He landed on a specially built wooden platform, mounted on the cruiser USS Pennsylvania. A year, earlier, he was the first pilot to successfully take off from a ship, launching from the similarly prepared cruiser USS Birmingham.
2007-01-01 01:33:37 · answer #1 · answered by anywherebuttexas 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Eugene Ely:
A number of experimental flights were made to test the concept. Eugene Ely was the first pilot to launch from a stationary ship in November 1910. He took off from a structure fixed over the forecastle of the US armored cruiser USS Birmingham at Hampton Roads, Virginia and landed nearby on Willoughby Spit after some five minutes in the air.
Ely lands on USS Pennsylvania,
18 January 1911.On January 18, 1911 he became the first pilot to land on a stationary ship. He took off from the Tanforan racetrack and landed on a similar temporary structure on the aft of USS Pennsylvania anchored at the San Francisco waterfront — the improvised braking system of sandbags and ropes led directly to the arrestor hook and wires described above. His aircraft was then turned around and he was able to take off again.
2007-01-01 09:51:13 · answer #2 · answered by baron_von_party 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Eugene Ely answers are correct..........with the note that I've seen a lot of science teachers answers and they are usually spot on.....so I'd check that answer too.......since Langley was the first real aircraft carrier...a long uninterrupted flight deck that you could land and take off from, rather than the improvised flying off platforms on Birmingham and Pennsylvania, I'd go with STs answer....
2007-01-03 08:45:06 · answer #3 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anywhere has the correct answer... 1800's does not work, as teh first aircraft flight was in 1903. The balloon does not count...
2007-01-01 12:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by Dport 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Godfrey Chevalier was the first pilot to land on a ship. It was the USS Langley, a converted collier.
2007-01-01 09:40:22 · answer #5 · answered by science teacher 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
me to i think quaad back in 1876 but if u want to know try to search wikipedia
2007-01-01 09:31:44 · answer #6 · answered by computer boy 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
quaad in 18 something or other
2007-01-01 10:32:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
not sure, but i think it was randy quaad back in 1876
2007-01-01 09:26:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
ME BUT, I DONT KNOW BWT MAN!
2007-01-02 11:34:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋