Langley Aerodrome
1898 aircraft by Samuel Langley / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the experimental flying machine. For the airfield, see Langley Air Force Base.
The Langley Aerodrome was a pioneering but unsuccessful manned, tandem wing-configuration powered flying machine, designed at the close of the 19th century by Smithsonian Institution Secretary Samuel Langley. The U.S. Army paid $50,000 for the project in 1898 after Langley's successful flights with small-scale unmanned models two years earlier.[1]
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First failure of the manned Aerodrome, October 7, 1903 | |
Role | Experimental, pioneer fixed-wing aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Designer | Samuel Langley |
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