Langley Aerodrome

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27C_131]

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographs

Date: 1903

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27C, Image No. SIA_000095_B27C_131

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Summary

Collapse of Langley aerodrome on the Potomac River during flight attempt.

Subject

Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906

Notes

  • USNM No. 18853
  • Designed by Samuel Pierpont Langley, astronomer, aviation pioneer, inventor, physicist, and third Secretary of the Smithsonian.
  • Printed on recto: L'accidente du 8 decembre 1903: les surfaces arriere se sont repliees et l'aeroplane s'edt redresse verticaliment pour retomber dans le Potomac.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27C, Image No. SIA_000095_B27C_131

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1903
  • December 8, 1903

Restrictions & Rights

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  • Copyright Undetermined

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Aircraft

Form/Genre

Photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27C_131]

Physical description

Halftones (prints); 5 x 4.5;

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