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Langley Airship, George Grantham Bain Collection
Summary
Photograph shows the attempted flight of the aircraft the Langley Aerodrome, on October 7, 1903, which ended when it fell into the water upon launch. The aircraft was designed by Smithsonian Institution Secretary Samuel P. Langley. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and "Langley's Flying Machine," Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering magazine, vol. III, Nov. 15, 1917, p. 528)
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
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Date
01/01/1903
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html
