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. 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
  • Curtiss, Glenn Hammond 1878-1930
  • Wright, Orville 1871-1948

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

Article also in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 103, no. 8.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Annual Report for 1942 (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

1943

Topic

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

Physical description

pp. 111-118

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