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Show Someone neglected to mention to the crows that U. S. Navy is an up-to-the-minute outfit. Two of the black birds recently attempted at-tempted to nest on the radar platform plat-form of the cruiser USS Atlanta, apparently not understanding that Navy ships no longer have the old-time old-time "crow's nest" at the mast head. May 8, 1911, has been selected as the official birth date of U. S. Naval aviation. It was on that date that the order for the Navy's first aircraft was placed with the Curtiss Company |