Keywords: Curtiss flying school North Island 1911 NAN12-77.jpg The Curtiss flying school at North Island California USA in 1911 Aviator Glen Curtiss trained the first U S Navy and U S Army here Also the first take-offs and landings on a warship were made note the U S cruisers in the background The planes are described as two Antoinette and three Curtiss planes U S Navy Naval Aviation News December 1977 http //www history navy mil/nan/backissues/1970s/1977/dec77 pdf 1911 USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy 1911 in California Curtiss aircraft Naval Air Station North Island in the 1910s |