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Lt. John H. Towers (naval aviator#3) reported for duty at Hammondsport, N.Y., to conduct experiments on the Navys first airplane, the Curtiss A-1. Towers had a brilliant career in naval aviation, rising to the rank of admiral in 1946, as Commander
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100 Years of Naval Aviation