Modified Langley Aerodrome

ID: SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27C_132]

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1914

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27C, Image No. SIA_000095_B27C_132

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Summary

Flight of modified Langley aerodrome by Glenn Curtiss on Keuka Lake.

Subject

  • Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
  • Curtiss, Glenn Hammond 1878-1930

Notes

  • USNM No. 28871
  • Originally designed by Samuel Pierpont Langley, astronomer, aviation pioneer, inventor, physicist, and third Secretary of the Smithsonian.
  • Written on verso: Flight of man-carrying Langley machine at Hammondsport, N.Y., June 2, 1914, piloted by Glenn Curtiss. With original engine, and 300 pounds added weight of pontoons.

Cite as

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 27C, Image No. SIA_000095_B27C_132

Repository Loc.

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

Date

  • 1914
  • June 2, 1914

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  • Copyright Undetermined

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Aircraft

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B27C_132]

Physical description

5 x 7;

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