“ A HISTORY OF U.S. NAVAL AVIATION “ 1954 U.S. NAVY DOCUMENTARY FILM EARLY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 82404

Love our channel? Help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference. This black & white educational film is about the history of U.S. naval aviation through the early 1950s. Copyright 1954. Planes in the sky; the Wright Brothers; Wilbur and Orville Wright spent four years of research and development to create the first successful powered airplane, the 1903 Wright Flyer. It first flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on December 17, 1903, with Orville at the controls (:06). Captain Washington Irving Chambers, a United States Navy officer who played a major role in the early development of naval aviation, serving as the first officer to have oversight of the Navy’s aviation program (:53). November 1910 - Eugene Ealy flies his Curtis plane off the deck of the Cruiser Birmingham (1:04). A few months later - Ealy lands his Curtis plane on the Cruiser Pennsylvania (1:14). Lt. T.G. Ellison (1:38). First avi