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Samuel Pierpont Langley conducted extensive early flight research, achieving a significant milestone in 1896 with the successful, sustained flight of an unmanned, engine-powered model "aerodrome." ...

ON August 22, the centenary of the birth of Samuel Pierpont Langley will be commemorated at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington. Langley was secretary of the Institution from 1887 until 1906; it ...

The label on the aircraft displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., read: “The first man-carrying aeroplane in the history of the world capable of sustained free flight. Invented, ...

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In Washington, William Howard Taft bestowed a medal. Earnestly he spoke praises of the recipient: “May your future work go far to establish the dream nearest your heart, the wide and useful promotion ...

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The label on the aircraft displayed at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., read: “The first man-carrying aeroplane in the history of the world capable of sustained free flight. Invented, ...

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AT the zenith of his reputation, and possessed of his full capacity for work, America and science have to regret the death of Prof. Langley, who for nearly twenty years directed and controlled the ...