The Relations Between the Smithsonian Institution and the Wright Brothers (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 81, Number 5)

Washington: The Smithsonian Institution, 1928. Softcover. Tan-gray tied wraps, 27 pp. VG- (Some handwriting on top of front cover; one back corner has been folded; average edge wear; otherwise clean.). Item #149674

"This statement represents an attempt on the part of the Smithsonian Institution to clarify an unfortunate controversy, and to correct errors where errors have been made, in order to do justice alike to three great pioneers of human flight -- Wilbur and Orville Wright, and Samuel Pierpont Langley -- as well as to the Smithsonian Institution." (prefatory note) If you aren't aware of the dispute over the Langley plane and the Wright brothers' plane, this document should shed good light on it for you.

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