January
May 6 Secretary Langley Launches his Aerodrome
Year:
1896
Month:
may
Day:
6
Date:
Wed, 1896-05-06
SIA Image reference:
Secretary Samuel Pierpont Langley launches his "aerodrome," an early attempt at a flying machine, along the Potomac River. Catapulted from a houseboat, the aerodrome quickly crashes into the river. Langley was never successful in his attempts to invent the first airplane.