Samuel P. Langley and the Aerodrome A

[@MrFalconford]

i think your right about the wrights, curious even more is the fact this was posted over a year ago and there are only 833 views, im often told its were people are looking for information these days, i did find curator peter jakab correct on the dates and general facts regarding prof samuel p langleys attempted flights however todays lack of interest in their own countries identity and accomplishments which historically are relatively recent is a sad perspective on our countries education system

[@cloudsplitter24]

David McCullough's book on the Wrights gives an interesting perspective. The Smithsonian does not come out well in that telling.

[@gwfirstinflight1674]

Peter Jakab misinforms the public in a major way, herein. The alleged original Wright Flyer was not "bequeathed" to the Smithsonian. An arrangement was made to purchase the aeroplane from the Wright heirs for 1 dollar and other considerations. One of these was the requirement to recognize Orville (not Wilbur) as "first in flight" and the Flyer as the first airplane. If the contract was broken Smithsonian would be forced to return the flyer to the Wright family, with a possible option to purchase it. The Contract was a secret, and unearthed in 1976, pried out of the Smithsonian's secret archives by a Senator from CT, at the request of Major William J. O'Dwyer, US AF, ret., an early aviation researcher. Jakab carries on the tradition of the Smithsonian curators, going back over 100 years, misrepresenting history for profit.

[@inazuma234]

Who came here after simon sinek speech about WHY?

[@aryamanmehrotra9165]

Rocky Qautsar I

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[@KraussEMUS1]

I am the inventor the the world's first ion propelled aircraft to carry its power supply US Patent N0. 10,119,527 If you click on the purple channel icon on the left you can see 5 videos of it lifting the onboard power supply. It was doing so verifiabley over a decade before anyone else. Recently In 2018 MIT claimed they made the first "heavier than air ion propelled aircraft of any kind to carry its power supply." They published a journal article that has reached millions of people stating exactly that. It appears that from a numerical standpoint, most people don't seem to care about the facts, only what certain officials say!

[@alpine1600s]

Smithsonian Institution: Langley, err The Wrights first achieved powered flight. Gustave Whitehead: Hold my Dunkel.

[@getrichcolorify]

There, were 5 machines. They say there were 6, but actually when the 3rd crashed, it was rebuilt and named the 6th. When I was 11 I met and befriended a man named Raymond Nobel Estey. He was a photographer for the Smithsonian, pilot, friends of the Wight's, Glenn Curtis, Partners with Rosco Turner, and many more. When he passed I inherited his estate. I have thousands of photos and documents, contracts that no one has ever seen. Arrangements have been made for me to turn them over to the National Archives after I have finished having them professionally scanned. It is the single largest collection of early aviation in existence. The Smithsonian has none of these photographs, but when they will and they will go on display. You can see some now at www.getrichcolor.com there is a link at the bottom of the home page to part of the collection. Keep in mind these are copyrighted, but you are welcome to view them.

[@stevelangstroth5833]

It was NOT heavily modified.

[@Deperdussin1910]

Langley spent $50,000 USD tax dollars on a failure. Wright Brothers spent their own $1,000 USD.

[@twistedyogert]

Government sure is nice.

[@joemontano71]

Is this ‘curator’ trying to tell us that Glenn Curtiss achieved the first heavier than air/controlled/sustained flight???

[@gghhhfghgh]

Santos Dumont Início a navegação aérea com seu dirigível em 1901 quando contornou a torre Eilfel e Início aviação quando fez o primeiro vôo motorizado do mundo!

[@blackbirdpie217]

Curtiss was a dishonest man who took full advantage of the lag time between infringing on a patent and enforcement. It's only salt in the wound when in 1929 Orville Wright saw his good name borne by the Wright aircraft engine company merge with that of Glenn Curtiss in the still extant Curtiss -Wright corporation. What an ironic injustice!

[@stevelangstroth5833]

Uh, no. Just no. The Wright brother's plane infringed the patent of British inventor, who invented the aileron in 1868 (35 years BEFORE the Wright Briother's flight). Curtiss was a much better inventor ans designer than the Wrights.

[@ernieneverscardinals461]

Whitehead flew before all these guys!!