Langley was an astrophysicist whose studies of solar radiation
had earlier won him international recognition. In 1887, he had become secretary
of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. There he began studying how
surfaces move through the air. Working with model planes powered by rubber bands, he experimented with
different designs until he launched his “aerodrome” in 1896.
Langley’s efforts to launch an aircraft with a man aboard were
not successful, probably because of
structural weaknesses in his designs. But he lived to see his dream of manned,
powered flight come true when the Wright brothers made their historic flight at
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
The U.S. Navy’s first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley, honored
Langley’s pioneering work, Langley Air Force Base in Virginia is also named for
him.
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