<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviator" id="mwRA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Aviator">Aviator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Burton_Ely" id="mwRQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eugene Burton Ely">Eugene Burton Ely</a> performs the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeoff" id="mwRg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Takeoff">takeoff</a> from a ship in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampton_Roads" id="mwRw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" id="mwSA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Virginia">Virginia</a>, taking off from a makeshift deck on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Birmingham_(CL-2)" id="mwSQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="USS Birmingham (CL-2)">USS <i id="mwSg">Birmingham</i></a> in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_Model_D" id="mwSw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Curtiss Model D">Curtiss pusher</a>.