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Friday, January 27, 2012

Sturtevant S seaplanes and Gallaudet D-1

Just months before the United States entered World War I, naval aviation remained a small assortment of aircraft of varied types at one air station in the small panhandle town of Pensacola, Florida. In this image, taken on January 27, 1917, Sturtevant S seaplanes and a Gallaudet D-1, the latter's engine and propeller located in the middle of the fuselage, line the shore at the Cradle of Naval Aviation.

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