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    • When did naval aviators become aviators?

      Thus, on 21 May 1915, the Secretary of the Navy signed a circular letter directing that commanding officers “issue orders detailing officers of the Navy and Marine Corps to Duty as Naval Aviators or Student Naval Aviators when they are required to actually fly or operate these ma- chines.”

    • How did naval aviation become a machinist?

      Naval Aviation celebrates its centennial of 100 years of history. THE AIRMAN RATE During the early years of naval aviation, enlisted personnel came from similar surface ratings in the Navy. The first requirement was for aircraft mechanics. Personnel came from the Machinist's Mate rating and became Machinist's Mate (Aviation).

    • When was the first aircraft launched from a ship?

      The first successful launch of an aircraft from a ship was made by Eugene Ely, who flew a Curtiss biplane from a specially built 83-foot wooden platform on the forecastle of the cruiser Birmingham. See Figure 1-1 1-2 Figure 1-2 Ely in Curtiss biplane comes aboard the USS Pennsylvania in the first shipboard landing on 18 January 1911. 1911

    • How many aircraft did the US Navy have in 1911?

      By the end of 1911, the U.S. Navy had three aircraft, four pilots, and one naval air station located at Greenbury Point, near Annapolis, Maryland. The station eventually moved to North Island, California.

    • [PDF File]APPENDIX 1 The History of Naval Aviator and Naval Aviation ...

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      Naval Aviators The Navy’s aviation program had an aviator before it acquired its first aircraft. Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson was ordered to training in December 1910 at the Glenn Curtiss...

    • [PDF File]CHAPTER 1 MISSION AND HISTORY OF NAVAL AVIATION

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      Eyes and ears of the Fleet. Naval aviation has over-the-horizon surveillance equipment that provides vital information to our task force operation. Protection against submarine attack. Antisubmarine warfare operations go on continuously for the task force and along our country's shoreline.

    • [PDF File]APPENDIX 14 Aviation Ratings - NHHC

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      Rating (ABM) established by CL 268–44 of 14 Sep 1944; distinguishing mark approved CL 363–44 of 30 Nov 1944*; abbreviation changed to (AB) by CL 106–48 of 9 Jun 1948. AVIATION BOMBSIGHT MECHANIC...

    • [PDF File]Prelim-United States Naval Aviation 1910-1995 - NHHC

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      ground on Naval Aviation history. It highlights the sig-nificant events and developments that shaped Naval Aviation from 1910 to 1995, rather than providing a detailed treatise of...

    • [PDF File]A History of U.S. Naval Aviation - NHHC

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      Prof. S. P. Langley of the Smithsonian Institution was the first person to construct an airplane possessing inherent stability. On May 6,1896, an airplane model equipped with a steam engine was...

    • [PDF File]American Aviation Heritage - NPS History

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      significance of people, places, and events that may be nationally significant in aviation history. The chapters provide a chronological approach to aviation history covering aviation’s pioneering years, civil aviation, military aviation, and aeronautical technology. Serving as the foundation,

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