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  • Philidelphia

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    • Originally posted by zraver View Post
      Philidelphia
      Not in Florida! But Marine aviator training was done in Philly.

      Naval Air Station Pensacola?
      I should have phrased the question better. Some Marines may have trained at Pensacola, but I know that then-Captain Cunningham, USMC, stole several Navy pilot trainees from Pensacola and commissioned them into the Marine Corps as pilots. He leased the Curtis Flying Field and established the 1st Aviation Force in April 1918. Four squadrons were trained here with the goal of getting them to support the Marine Brigade in Europe. The field was renamed the Marine Flying Field Miami and the det trained until July, whereupon they embarked for Europe.

      Source: Marine Corps Aviation, The Early Years 1912-1940

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      • Am I up, or do you want to do another one?
        "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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        • No, please go ahead.

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          • Which ship was the first ever aircraft carrier ever built?
            "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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            • Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
              Which ship was the first ever aircraft carrier ever built?
              Purpose-built or converted?

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              • Converted.
                "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                • I'd say either the HMS Ark Royal, first to be converted to a mixed seaplane/airplane carrier, or the HMS Argus, first to have a full-length flight deck.

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                  • Originally posted by jlvfr View Post
                    I'd say either the HMS Ark Royal, first to be converted to a mixed seaplane/airplane carrier, or the HMS Argus, first to have a full-length flight deck.
                    To clarify, I didn't mean to limit it to carriers with heavier than air aircraft. The ship I have in mind is a balloon tender.
                    "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                    • I should have framed the question better, so I'll let you take it jlvfr.

                      This is the vessel I had in mind:

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ge..._Custis_(1861)

                      "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                      • I'm a flying pirate, but am not american. What am I?

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                        • Also not russian.

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                          • Fictional or non-fictional?
                            "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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                            • Originally posted by Ironduke View Post
                              Fictional or non-fictional?
                              Non-fictional, very much real, saw combat.

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                              • Buccaneer off a British Carrier

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