Sujet
Professor Samuel P Langley's aeroplane, 1903. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Professor Samuel Pierpont Langley's aeroplane, 1903. Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) was an American astronomer and aeronautical pioneer. He designed and built model aircraft, one of which succeeded in flying 3/4 of a mile in 1896, 10 times further than any previous flight by a heavier-than-air flying machine. After another successful trial, he was given a grant of $50,000 from the War Department, together with a further $20,000 from the Smithsonian to develop a full-sized manned aeroplane, which he called the 'Aerodrome'. Launched from a catapult on the banks of the Potomac River, the aircraft made its maiden flight on 7 October 1903 with Charles Manly at the controls. It crashed and after a further failure in December, Langley gave up on the project.
Date
1903
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection
Notre référence
HRM19D78_345
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,2Mo (2,1Mo) / 40,0cm x 25,2cm / 4727 x 2976 (300dpi)