Rehabilitation of Langley Aerodrome Finished
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PrintThe rehabilitation of the Langley aerodrome at the Curtiss aeroplane factory is completed, and the aerodrome is successfully launched with Glenn H. Curtiss piloting the craft. Secretary Walcott provides a controversial statement that the tests thus far have shown that the late Secretary Langley had succeeded in building the first aeroplane capable of sustained free flight with a man.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
May 28, 1914