Navy flyer takes 12-year seaplane on its first flight.
After lying in storage at the Washington Navy Yard more than 12 years, an obsolete 1915 model Curtiss seaplane on its maiden flight today on the. by Commander H.C. Richardson, crack U.S. Navy. who is shown at the controls in this photograph. Commander Richardson is planning to put through various tests to compare its behavior to that craft of modern construction for the benefit of Naval officials. The United States Army War College shown in background
- Date
- 1928-02-10
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- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
- Original size
- 917 × 765 pixels
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