Samuel Pierpont Langley 1834-1906 first ?
Samuel Pierpont Langley 1834-1906 first flew unpiloted models of his AERODROME in 1896. This 1903 model with required a catapult for launching in calm air over water. Test flights of the full scale piloted plane failed on October 7 and December 8 1903
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