Eugene Ely
Eugene Burton Ely (October 21st 1886 - October 19th 1911) was an American pioneer of aviation.
He is famous to have carried out the first takeoff starting from a boat (November 14th 1910, US Birmingham ) and the first landing (January 19th 1911, US Pennsylvania ).
He is born and grows in Iowa, and obtains in 1904 a diploma of the University of Iowa. He moves then with San Francisco, where he activates himself in the emerging medium of the automobile race.
In 1910, whereas he works with Portland in the Oregon for E. Henry Wemme, this one made the purchase of a Biplan Curtiss . Whereas Wemme is considered it unable to make function the biplane, Ely proposes to accomplish the flight, convinced to fly a plane is as easy as to lead a car. Its attempt failed, and feeling guilty to have destroyed the plane of Wemme, it repurchases to him.
Several months later, the plane was repaired, and Ely accomplishes many flights in its area. In Winnipeg, it takes part in a display of air strength, and soon meets Curtiss itself with Mineapolis, for which it will work.
November 14th, 1910, with the assistance of the Navy, Eugene Ely springs of a platform set up on the light cruiser US Birmingham . Two months later, on January 18th, 1911, Ely its plane poses on the US Pensylvannia , in the Baie of San Francisco, by employing for the first time the Crosse of landing invented by Hugh Robinson.
Ely continued to make flights of demonstration. October 19th, 1911, in full demonstration with Macon, Georgia, its plane was crushed, and Ely was killed.
On a purely posthumous basis, one gave to him in 1933 the Dinstinguished Flying Cross for services rendered towards the maritime aviation.
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