American Aviation Historical Society

1910

Lt. Eugene Ely, USN, makes the first flight from shipboard when he takes a Curtiss plane off from the deck of the cruiser Birmingham at Hampton Roads, VA.  He lands in Norfolk.

1949

Nonstop flight of 56 hours and 2 minutes has put captain William Odom in the record books. Leaving Honolulu, Hawaii, he covers a distance of 4,957.25 miles before landing at Teterboro, New Jersey to gain the world record in Class C-1-c for light aircraft.

1955

First unit of F-84Fs capable of being launched and recovered by B-36s formed