Langley Aerodrome

[Grey Havoc]

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ORIGINAL CAPTION: First failure of the manned Aerodrome, October 7, 1903


ORIGINAL CAPTION: William E. "Gink" Doherty coaxes the structurally modified Langley Aerodrome into the air above the surface of Keuka Lake near Hammondsport, New York in 1914.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langley_Aerodrome

 

[Aerohydro]

And then, on December 8th, 1903, this happened ...

 

[Tonton-42]

It is said in France that Samuel Pierpont Langley would be killed by the mockery of his detractors ... I have great respect for the memory of this man.