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| First take-off from a ship. Eugene Ely, took off in a 50HP Curtiss plane from the USS Birmingham. Landed at Willoughby Spit. |
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Captain Chambers purchased two planes without the signature of Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Became the Navy's first aircraft, the A-1 triad.
Also birthday of Naval Aviation |
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| First aviation fatality . Ensign Billingsley, piloting the B-2 at 1600 feet over water was thrown off and fell to his death. Lieutenant Towers, as passenger, clung to plain and sustained serious injuries. |
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| Special courses to train men as inspectors were added to the Ground School Program at MIT with 14 men enrolled. Inspector school and QA was established. |
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| The Jupiter was re-commissioned to the Navy's first carrier USS Langley |
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| The FJ-1 Fury made it's first carrier landing on the USS Boxer |
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Battle of Coral Sea
First carrier vs. carrier battle. One Japanese carrier was damaged, the Lexington sunk and Yorktown was damaged.
Japanese never threatened Australia again |
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Battle of Midway
turning point of the pacific war. |
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Battle of Guadalcanal
USS Juneau was involved. All Sullivan brothers were on the ship. When the ship was torpedoed, the brothers did not live. The Navy then set a policy that family members cannot be aboard the same ship. |
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