This time a longer platform was in place, 120 feet, along with ropes and sandbags stretched across to serve as a crude arresting system for landing. The armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania was prepared and anchored in San Francisco Bay. With Ely and the Curtiss team scheduled to fly in San Francisco in January, Chambers made arrangements for the attempt on the west coast. Despite the somewhat harrowing flight off the Birmingham, Ely was ready to try. Ely managed to stay airborne and landed 2 ½ miles away on the nearest land, called Willoughby Spit.Įugene Ely makes the first airplane takeoff from a warship in a Curtiss pusher airplane from the cruiser USS Birmingham at Hampton Roads, VA. The Curtiss rolled off the edge of the platform, settled, and briefly skipped off the water, damaging the propeller. Ely succeeded in making the first take-off from a ship, barely. Ely’s Curtiss Pusher aircraft (similar to the Curtiss D-III Headless Pusher on display at the National Mall Building), equipped with floats under the wings, was hoisted aboard and the ship moved off shore. On November 14, 1910, the light cruiser USS Birmingham was readied at Norfolk, Va., with a wooden platform erected on the bow, approximately 80 feet long. If he would supply the ship, would they make the attempt to land on board? Ely was excited at the prospect and agreed. He met Glenn Curtiss and Eugene Ely at the competition and made a proposition. Chambers attended one of the first major flying meetings, being held at Belmont Park, NY, in October 1910. Chambers “to observe everything that will be of use in the study of aviation and its influence upon the problems of naval warfare.” Chambers quickly realized the most important first step to prove that the airplane could operate at sea was to show that landings and take-offs from ships were possible. In the fall of 1910, the Navy identified Captain Washington I. He had natural skills as an aviator and quickly became a well-known pilot with the Curtiss Exhibition Team that toured all around the county. He taught himself to fly in 1910 and never looked back. It is probably best to assess which landing gear best suits your purpose, as much as cutting/installing bungees is not the most convenient, each of the landing gear configurations has a different purpose.Eugene Ely before landing on the USS Pennsylvania, 18 January 1911Īfter receiving an engineering degree in 1904 from Iowa State University, Ely began a career in the fledging automobile industry as a salesman, mechanic, and racing driver.
Funter pusher landing gear mods install#
I have this gear, very well made and tough! I am very happy with it (make sure you install a SGS set too). Seaplanes North gear comes highly recommended. I have never installed a set, but you will install in a way that allows standard bungee gear to be reinstalled. I believe there are two ways to install the AOSS. You will want to try different bungees also, to find what works for you, a combination of 1280hd, 13hd’s work well. this will save a little time and negate the need to buy 6 bungees every changeover. The AOSS gear makes the change between gear legs and floats without the need to cut the bungees/or install when changing between. there are other items needed to install/reinstall like Hyd lines, hyd pump, brake lines, Ventral or Stab fin, ASI, electrical connectors, steering/rudder/retract cables and various fuselage panels. Use bungee tool for landng gear reinstall. You do need to cut the bungees for landing gear removal. I wouldn’t call the change between gear and floats particularly difficult.
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