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Path of Langley's experimental aerodrome flights on May 6 and

Path of Langley's experimental aerodrome flights on May 6 and November 28, 1896, near Quantico, Virginia, on the Potomac River.
From Langley's memoir on mechanical flight. Part I: 1887-1896. [ larger image ]

Credits - © 2001 National Air and Space Museum,
Smithsonian Institution (SI Neg. No. A-18853)