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Video: USS Akron airship aircraft carrier with F9C Sparrowhawks.
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OnThisDay 1953 first flight of the Bell Model 61 (HSL-1) anti-submarine helicopter for the US Navy. 53 helicopters were built. Floyd Carlson was the test pilot.
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Curtiss Wright Plate
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February 16, 1944 – First flight of the Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk.
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Marine Captain Francis T. Evans performed naval aviation’s first loop in a Curtiss N-9 seaplane over NAS Pensacola on February 13, 1917 exactly 100 years ago today.
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