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![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](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjgvMDEvMDEvbmF2eS1mbHllci10YWtlcy0xMi15ZWFyLXNlYXBsYW5lLW9uLWl0cy1maXJzdC1mbGlnaHQtYWZ0ZXItbHlpbmctaW4tc3RvcmFnZS02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "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")
"The good old days of aviation." Commander H.C. Richardson, crack U.S. Navy flyer, at the controls of a 1915 model Curtiss seaplane which he took on its maiden flight today on the Potomac at Washington. The old plane was discovered in storage at the Washington Navy Yard where it has been for over 12 years. Commander Richardson is testing the old boat to compare its behavior to that of craft of modern construction
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Picryl description: Public domain image of a pilot, aviator, aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Airplanes and blimps above National Mall, Washington Monument, Potomac river and around.
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Date
01/01/1928
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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