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	Eugene Ely
		Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 - October 19, 1911) was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft take off and landing.
		Ely was born in Davenport, Iowa and raised near Williamsburg, Iowa.
		In October, Ely and Curtiss met Captain Washington Chambers, who had been appointed by George von Lengerke Meyer, the Secretary of the Navy, to investigate military uses for aviation within the Navy.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/e/eu/eugene_ely.html (360 words)

	DesMoinesRegister.com \| Iowans Take Flight
		Eugene Ely, considered the "father of naval aviation," is congratulated by Capt. C.F. Pond after successfully landing his primitive biplane on the U.S.S. Pennsylvania on Jan. 18, 1911.
		Eugene Ely's flight from the USS Birmingham on Nov. 14, 1910.
		Ely was born on a farm east of Williamsburg on Oct. 22, 1886.
	desmoinesregister.com /extras/flight/military/ely.html (536 words)

	EugeneBEly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eugene was born in Iowa on October 21, 1886.
		Because of the wind conditions that day, Ely opted for the vessel to be riding at anchor, and Pond naturally conformed to his wishes In the bay the PENNSYLVANIA rode the flood tide, a breeze of 10 to 15 mph was on her starboard quarter.
		Ely now sat down on the wooden seat of his Curtiss built areoplane, pulled on his heavily padded helmet, fixed his goggles, checked the bicycle tubes that formed an "X" across his chest, and a moment later prepared for take off.
	californianavalaviation.homestead.com /EugeneBEly.html (4967 words)

	Eugene Ely Flights at Fort Missoula
		Ely's work impressed upon all those who saw him the remarkable progress which a handful of daring men have made in the science of flying during the past decade.
		Eugene Ely will long be remembered as the first pilot to fly an airplane launched from the deck of a ship, and the first to land an airplane on the deck of a ship.
		Ely showed incredible daring since he could not swim, feared the water, and took off in the face of a squall.
	www.nrhc.org /history/Ely.html (1115 words)

	ANCIENT AVIATORS 8
		Eugene Ely doing at spiral, in a Curtiss biplane, at the 1911 Brighton Beach Air Meet, which was held from September 8th to 10th.
		Ely was the first aviator to fly and land airplanes from the deck of a ship, which he did, in 1910 and 1911.
		Eugene Ely was killed, at 25 years old, on October 19, 1911, in Macon, Georgia, when his biplane crashed during an exhibition flight, before about 20,000 people.
	www.roynagl.0catch.com /ancientaviators8.htm (727 words)

	USS HORNET : Press Releases
		Eugene Ely, a 24-year-old ex-farmer from Iowa, was flying into naval aviation history.
		Eugene Ely, flying a Curtiss "Pusher," landed on a specially built platform aboard the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania (ACR 4) at anchor in San Francisco Bay.
		Eugene Ely's plane on USS Birmingham (CL-2) prior to his first flight from a naval vessel in 1910.
	www.uss-hornet.org /news_events/press_releases/media_kit_aviation.html (1249 words)

	EugeneEly1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Ely was a relatively small man who was not prone to talk a great deal about his exploits.
		Eugene Ely and his wife were the honored guests of Captain Pond for lunch.
		Ely was immediately greeted by his wife, who pinned some violets on her husband, and after completing a few interviews and photographs for reporters, was escorted to the Captain's cabin.
	californianavalaviation.homestead.com /EugeneEly1.html (679 words)

	Californians and the Military: Eugene Burton Ely: The California National Guard's First (Naval) Aviator
		Eugene was born in Davenport, Iowa on October 21, 1886.
		Ely now headed straight for the ship, cutting his engine when he was only 75 feet from the fantail, and allowed the wind to glide the aircraft onto the landing deck.
		Eugene, now with top star billing, resumed his exhibition work and flew at Wichita, Kansas with Charles C. Witmer (8) and Eddie Ward on May 4th through the 7th; at Kansas City, Missouri with Charles Willard on the 12th to 14th and Dallas, Texas with Witmer and Ward on the 17th to 20th.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Ely1.html (8533 words)

	Events--Eugene Ely's Flight to USS Pennsylvania, 18 January 1911
		Ely and others devised a method of stopping the plane within the platform's 120 by 30 foot dimensions: a series of ropes, with sandbags at each end, would be stretched across the temporary deck and held above it by boards laid along its length.
		Ely was prepared to handle the existing tailwind, but apparently did not expect the updraft that struck his lightly-loaded plane just as it reached the platform.
		Ely, whose landing was the first ever made on a warship, is wearing a leather helmet and goggles.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/ev-1910s/ev-1911/ely-pa.htm (1481 words)

	Eugene Lake
		Eugene is a moderate sized, relatively deep lake in the Lac La Croix drainage basin, 12½ miles ENE of Crane Lake and 33 miles northwest of Ely.
		Eugene is pinched by the surrounding topography into three distinct bays totaling 166 acres of surface area.
		Eugene supports three established campsites, one on the northeastern shore of the central bay and two near the northern end of the southern bay.
	www.rook.org /earl/bwca/lakes/lakes2/eugene.html (436 words)

	Eugene Ely
		Aviation history was made in San Francisco Bay in 1911, when Eugene Ely, a pilot for fledgling Curtiss Aviation Company, made the first landing of an airplane on a deck of a ship.
		The morning of January 18 was frigid and overcast as Ely took off from *Tanforan Field in his Curtiss "Pusher" biplane.
		Ely was actually blue from the bitter cold air that had buffeted him for nearly an hour.
	www.usspennsylvania.com /flattop.htm (492 words)

	Eugene Ely (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Curtiss was impressed with Ely's abilities and convinced him to become a member of his exhibition team scheduled for a tour of the Great Lakes and Eastern cities.
		Barely gaining necessary speed, Ely broke free from the deck, briefly sank low enough to shatter his propeller tips on the waves, then flew to the spit with the entire plane vibrating badly and made a credible landing on the sandy beach.
		Eugene B. Ely's Curtiss pusher biplane nears the landing platform on USS Pennsylvania (Armoured Cruiser # 4), during the morning of 18 January 1911.
	www.air-racing-history.com /PILOTS/Eugene%20Ely.htm (1110 words)

	California Naval History: Fifth Division, California Naval Militia and Aviator Eugene Ely
		On 14 November 1910 Eugene Ely a Curtiss pilot, was the first pilot to take off from a ship when he flew from an 83 foot wooden deck platform built over the ram bow of the U.S. Navy cruiser Birmingham at Hampton Roads in Chesapeake Bay.
		Ely stated he had made flights in wind over 60 miles per hour, and did not see a problem, although he preferred little or no wind for his flights.
		Ely was in the air 15 minutes, his flights were made in circles, down toward Samoa, over the old Consumers' mill, then seaward to a point about 1/4 mile west of the aviation field, then east.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Ely3.html (948 words)

	e-Flash : Aviation History Question of the Month (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On November 14, 1910, Eugene Ely took off from the cruiser Birmingham in a Curtiss-built "Hudson Flyer," using a specially constructed platform with an uptilt at the end.
		During an air show, Eugene Ely met Captain Washington Chambers of the United States Navy, who was interested in establishing aerial service to and from sea and was looking for a pilot who would be willing to try to take off from a ship.
		Ely quickly volunteered--he had been arguing about the possibility of shipboard takeoffs with other fliers for some time and wanted to show that it could be done.
	www.imakenews.com /ilsaviation/e_article000120567.cfm (615 words)

	Hill Aerospace Museum - Flying Machines Over Zion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eugene Ely flew twice for a total of thirty minutes, performing his spiral dips and curves in his 75 horsepower, eight cylinder Curtiss biplane.
		Ely, however, had underestimated the cold temperature and was numb when he landed, and went to the hangar tent to warm himself.
		Ely and Willard argued that they had flown for a total of fifty minutes only because the promoters had failed to keep spectators off the flying field, causing Ely to smash his plane into the fence.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/history/fmoz2.htm (3100 words)

	Events--Eugene Ely's Flight from USS Birmingham, 14 November 1910
		While discussing the prospects for the taking aircraft to sea, he was impressed by the technical abilities of Eugene Ely, a demonstration pilot working with airplane builder Glenn Curtiss.
		Eugene B. Ely flies his Curtiss pusher airplane off the deck of USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2), in Hampton Roads, Virginia, during the afternoon of 14 November 1910.
		Eugene B. Ely flies his Curtiss pusher airplane from USS Birmingham (Scout Cruiser # 2), in Hampton Roads, Virginia, during the afternoon of 14 November 1910.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/ev-1910s/ev-1910/ely-birm.htm (1065 words)

	Eugene Ely (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While discussing the prospects for taking aircraft to sea, he was impressed by the technical abilities of Eugene Ely, a demonstration pilot working with airplane builder Glenn Curtis.
		Eugene Ely, warming up his plane's engine and checking controls, waited impatiently during this lengthy process.
		Ely, a non-swimmer, realized that a quick landing was essential.
	www.worldsfinestnavy.com /EugeneEly.html (449 words)

	8,000 AT FAIR SEE AVIATOR ELY
		Ely rose into the air at 2:40 o'clock and had been in the air only a few minutes when he made one of the steep dips for which he was famous.
		But Ely seemed to lose his grip as he neared the ground, for the machine continued its downward plunge, and finally he attempted to rise from his seat.
		Eugene Ely, the young widow of the aviator, was deeply overcome last night over the news of her husband's death.
	roynagl.topcities.com /8000at.htm (594 words)

	First Flight Shrine: Eugene B. Ely - The First Flight Society - The First Flight Society
		Witnesses saw the daring aviator coast down the platform, drop to the bay, hit the water with a splash, rise again, and continue onward to a safe landing two and one-half miles away on Willougby Spit.
		He landed on a specially designed tilted platform at a speed of 40 miles per hour and was slowed to a gentle stop by grappling hooks fitted underneath the aircraft that caught arresting wires attached to sandbags.
		Though Ely was a civilian flyer and not part of the naval organization, his flights called attention to the possibilities of aircraft landing and taking off from ships.
	www.firstflight.org /shrine/eugene_ely.cfm (333 words)

	A SALUTE TO AVIATORS EUGENE B. ELY, A CIVILIAN WHO PIONEERED SHIPBOARD AVIATION IN 1910, AND FORMER PRESIDENT GEORGE ...
		But it is what Ely shares with modern naval aviators that gives him his lasting impact, elevating him from barnstormer to pioneer: a belief that who controls the air controls the war, and that ships can extend that control around the world.
		Ely took the Hudson Pusher, first in a line of carrier aircraft that has included some of the military's most storied planes, and sold it immediately to a Baltimore millionaire.
		Ely went on to help develop the shipboard technology that made carrier aviation possible, including the taut horizontal cables stretched across the deck that seize planes as they land.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1994/vp941217/12170241.htm (985 words)

	100 Years Aloft: California Takes Wing. A California State History Museum online exhibit. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Curtiss hired Eugene Ely to fly from a special platform built on the cruiser Birmingham.
		On the morning of November 14, 1910, Ely flew off a platform on the Birmingham's deck and landed ashore.
		Ely's flights convinced the Navy that an airplane could land on, as well as take off from, a ship at anchor.
	www.ss.ca.gov /museum/panel12.htm (218 words)

	Eugene Burton Ely (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eugene Burton Ely was the first pilot to fly an airplane from the deck of a ship.
		Wearing a padded football helmet and bicycle tubes as a survival vest, Ely made the first landing of an airplane on the cruiser USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay.
		On February 20, 1911, Ely enlisted as a private in the California National Guard and was subsequently commissioned a Lieutenant in June 1911, becoming the National Guard's first aviator.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/history/ely.htm (295 words)

	Eugene Ely
		Eugene Ely in his airplane, on board USS Pennsylvania, 18 Jan. 1911
		Eugene Ely offered to try to fly the little 4-cylinder plane, but only wound up crashing instead.
		On the web site which tells the story of General Robert Scott, a celebrated World War II fighter pilot, you will read that he witnessed Ely's crash when he was four years old, and was inspired to become an aviator.
	www.earlyaviators.com /eely.htm (350 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eugene Ely con su avión Curtiss despega del crucero USS “Birmingham”, anclado en Hampton Roads, Virginia, en la tarde del 14 de noviembre de 1910.
		Ely apuntó al centro de la plataforma, cortó el paso del combustible y los ganchos de frenado hicieron el resto, deteniéndose en la mitad de la misma, sin tener que utilizar las barreras de seguridad.
		Ely y su avión actúan en exhibiciones en Winnipeg, Manitoba, y Minneapolis, Minnesota, en junio de 1910 y conoce al pionero de la aviación Glenn Curtiss en esta última ciudad.
	www.histarmar.com.ar /Portaaviones/PreHistPortaav.htm (1882 words)

	Chesapeake Bay - 20th Century - The Mariners' Museum
		On November 14, 1910, Eugene Ely combined the new world of aviation with naval power when he launched his Curtiss biplane off the cruiser Birmingham anchored in Hampton Roads harbor.
		An eighty-three foot long wooden ramp had been built on the forecastle of the cruiser to accommodate Ely's attempt.
		Seeing that the weather was again threatening, Ely signaled to his mechanic to release the cable securing the plane, and he flew off the Birmingham.
	www.mariner.org /chesapeakebay/century/wwi004.html (183 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / and the Navy got its wings
		Ely and the Pennsylvania’s skipper—a stocky, friendly officer, Captain C. Pond, nicknamed “Frog̵and a few other enthusiasts believed that this might be an important achievement.
		Ely sat out in front, grotesque in crash helmet, with an inflated bicycle inner tube wrapped around his chest as a safety measure.
		Eugene Ely of the Curtiss team alighted upon the aviation platform of this ship at 11:01 A.M., a feat that never before had been successfully accomplished.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1956/6/1956_6_78.shtml (1213 words)

	Hiller Aviation & Museum \| Exhibits
		Ely's Curtiss model "D-IV" pusher aeroplane was equipped with metal hooks set to catch any of the 22 ropes stretched across the 120 foot long platform erected on the ship.
		Ely, a Curtiss factory pilot, showed that ships could be used as floating airfields.
		Eugene Ely wears bicycle inner tubes as life preservers prior to his historic flight.
	www.hiller.org /curtiss_pusher.shtml (200 words)

	Eugene Ely
		Ely figured that in not making the Navy Yard, he had failed, and Chambers and Ryan spent the evening trying to convince him that he had succeeded.
		Ely did not cheer up until Chambers promised to try to arrange a chance for him to do it again.
		Eugene Ely, like the historic plane he flew, soon passed into history as well.
	www.willoughbyontheweb.com /celebrate250/eugene_ely2.htm (948 words)

	Eugene Ely (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Eugene Ely, the self-taught flier from the West Coast, was an exception [to daredevil fliers].
		Unlike the daredevils, Ely had a logical theory of flight and a ken interest in the machines.
		Ely would furnish his own plane and he asked for no fee.
	www.willoughbyontheweb.com /celebrate250/eugene_ely.htm (379 words)

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