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Centennial (1911-2011) of Naval Aviation History Highlights Jan. 18, 1911 — Civilian pilot Eugene Ely becomes the first person to ever land an aircraft on board a ship, flying a Curtiss pusher onto a makeshift wooden platform constructed on the armored cruiser Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay. Jan. 26, 1911 — Glenn H. Curtiss makes the first successful hydroaeroplane flight in San Diego, demonstrating the application of airplanes for naval purposes.
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May 8, 1911 — Capt. Washington Irving Chambers prepares contract specifications for the Navy’s first aircraft. This date is later designated the birthday of U.S. Naval Aviation. Sept. 24, 1918 — Lt. j.g. David S. Ingalls shoots down his fifth enemy aircraft over the Western Front, becoming U.S. Naval Aviation’s first fighter ace. May 27, 1919 — The NC-4 flying boat lands in Lisbon Harbor, Portugal, completing the first transatlantic crossing by air. March 20, 1922 — The U.S. Navy commissions its first aircraft carrier, Langley. May 7-8, 1942 — U.S. Navy and Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers square off in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval engagement in which ships of the opposing forces are not within sight of one another.
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July 16, 1957 — Maj. John Glenn, USMC, broke the transcontinental speed record in an F8U-1P Crusader at an average speed of 723.517 miles per hour. This was the first upper atmosphere, supersonic flight from the West to the East coast. Feb. 20, 1962 — Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr., USMC, becomes the first American to orbit the earth. June 17, 1965 — Flying F-4B Phantoms, Cmdr. Louis C. Page and Lt. Jack E. D. Batson, intercept four MiG-17s and each shoot down one, scoring the first U.S. victories over MiGs in Vietnam. July 21, 1969 — Astronaut Neil Armstrong, a former naval aviator, becomes the first human to set foot on the surface of the moon. Feb. 22, 1974 — Lt. j.g. Barbara Ann Allen becomes the first woman to be designated a naval aviator. Source: Navalaviationcentennial.org
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