Langley Receives Funding for Aerodrome
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PrintThe War Department allots $50,000 to Smithsonian Secretary Samuel Pierpont Langley to develop, construct, and test a large aerodrome, a manned flying machine. The Smithsonian adds another $20,000 to the project. Langley's work is eclipsed by the successful Wright Brothers flight on December 17, 1903.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1898