The 1914 Tests of the Langley "Aerodrome"

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Summary

A summary of the Langley-Wright controversy in which Glenn Curtiss was contracted to attempt a flight in the Langley craft, which had been enhanced, thus challenging the Wright patent. Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley had attempted to develop the first flying machine, but it failed to fly. Includes lists of changes undertaken by Curtiss during renovation of the Langley aerodrome, provided by Orville Wright. Smithsonian Secretary Charles G. Abbot makes a series of statements acknowledging the mistake in an attempt to put the controversy to rest and bring the Kitty Hawk back to America.

Subject

  • Langley, S. P (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906
  • Wright, Orville 1871-1948
  • Curtiss, Glenn Hammond 1878-1930

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Citation information

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections Vol. 103, No. 8

Contained within

(Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1942

Topic

  • Langley-Wright Controversy
  • Langley Aerodrome
  • Inventors
  • Langley Aerodrome Tests
  • Secretaries
  • Controversies
  • Aeronautics
  • Inventions
  • Wright Flyer (Airplane)

Edition

Eighth edition

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