Langley Aerodrome

This article is about the experimental flying machine. For the airfield, see Langley Air Force Base.
Langley Aerodrome
First failure of the manned Aerodrome, October 7, 1903
General information
TypeExperimental, pioneer fixed-wing aircraft
National originUnited States
Designer

The Langley Aerodrome is 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]

The man-carrying Aerodrome as displayed at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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Langley Aerodrome No. 6 at Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh
  1. ^ McFarland, Stephen L. (1997). A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force (PDF). Ft. Belvoir: Defense Technical Information Center. pp. 2. ISBN 0-16-049208-4. Retrieved September 7, 2019. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)