In celebration of 100 years of Naval Aviation, meet Bob Coolbaugh, who built and pilots the only flying replica of Eugene B. Ely's 1911 Curtiss Model D, the "Curtiss Pusher." Bring a bag lunch and ...

Eugene Ely flies his Curtiss Pusher biplane from the USS Birmingham, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, on Nov. 14, 1910. (Navy) On Nov. 14, 1910, the U.S. military took its first step toward linking flight ...

At 11:01 a.m., on Jan. 18, 1911, Eugene Ely, flying a Curtiss pusher, landed on a specially built platform aboard the armored cruiser Pennsylvania at anchor in San Francisco Bay. At 11:58 a.m., he ...

On this day in aviation history, 115 years ago (January 18, 1911), the first shipboard aircraft landing was accomplished. At 10:45 a.m., Pilot Eugene Burton Ely departed from U.S. Army Selfridge Field ...

Click to open image viewer. In 1911, Glenn Curtiss was awarded the prestigious Collier Trophy for the development of the hydroaeroplane, a land airplane mounted on floats. In 1913, Curtiss developed ...

Idaho treasures its aviators and its aviation history. To fly in Idaho is to experience a view that is constantly changing. In fact, there's nothing quite like it in the lower 48. From the first plane ...