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Posts Tagged ‘Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett’
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Video Thursday: First US Navy Carrier, USS Langley CV-1, Eighty-Seven Years Ago!
Posted: Nov 17, 2011On 17 November 1924, USS Langley (CV-1) reported for duty with the United States Navy’s Battle Fleet after two years in experimental status, thus becoming the Navy’s first operational aircraft […]
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The First Air Admiral
Posted: Oct 31, 2011Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett, The Father of Naval Aviation Today is the birthday of the naval officer who was able to foresee a powerful air arm of the United […]
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Naval Aviators Set World Record For Distance In Balloons 1932
Posted: Sep 27, 2011Navy Lieutenants Thomas G. W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell took first place in the International Balloon Race on 27 September 1932 when their gas balloon landed on the Polish-Latvian border at Daugieliszki, Poland.
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Video Thursday: Navy Airships And Aircraft
Posted: Jul 28, 2011Today is Video Thursday and we’ll take a look at the Navy’s airship history and the aircraft that accompanied them. This first clip shows rare footage of the Vought UO-1 […]
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Centennial of Naval Aviation: First Fleet Use Of The Aircraft Carrier
Posted: Mar 02, 2011Beginning on 02 March 1925, the United States Navy made the first tactical use of naval air power with the operations of the USS Langley, CV-1, during Fleet Problem V. […]
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Bureau of Naval Aeronautics founded 1921
Posted: Aug 11, 2010Yesterday marked the 89th anniversary of the formation of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics on 10 August 1921. Charlestonian Captain William Adger Moffett was nominated by President Harding to become […]