The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane

Who is Dr. Samuel Pierpoint Langley and what is his importance in the nonfiction book, The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane?

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Dr. Samuel Pierpoint Langley was by far the best known experimenter who worked with model airplanes. Langley was the head of the Smithsonian Institution located in Washington DC.

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The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane