[DOC] [TLE] Langley Aerodrome - Wikipedia [PAR] Samuel Pierpont Langley - Potomac experiment 1903.jpeg. First failure of the 
manned Aerodrome, October 7, 1903. Role, Experimental, pioneer fixed-wing 
aircraft. National origin, United States. Designer, Samuel Langley. The Langley 
Aerodrome was a pioneering but unsuccessful manned, powered flying machine 
... The Aerodrome's internal combustion engine generated 53 horsepower,... [DOC] [TLE] FLYING MACHINES - Samuel P. Langley [PAR] By mid-January of 1887, Langley was living in Washington, D.C., employed as 
Assistant ... In 1891 Langley experimented with steam-engine powered 
Aerodromes, beginning the series which would lead to the human-carrying 
machine of 1903. ... 4 was ready for testing and a launching device atop a house 
boat was built. [DOC] [TLE] The Langley Aerodrome | Boundary Stones: WETA's Washington ... [PAR] Dec 10, 2012 ... Samuel Langley's Aerodrome floats in the Potomac River after a failed ... flight of 
a motor-powered airplane from a houseboat in the Potomac River ... The New 
York Times called the attempt a Flying Machine Fiasco[4] ... [5] Undeterred, 
Langley and Manly attempted a second launch on December 8, 1903. [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Langley: Aviation Pioneer | HistoryNet [PAR] Samuel Pierpont Langley paced impatiently on the deck of a houseboat on May 6
, 1896. ... In a shallow, remote cove on the Potomac River, they watched 
nervously ... experimental steam-powered flying models that Langley called '
Aerodromes. .... No attempt to launch could be made until those problems were 
corrected by... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel P. Langley: Aviation Pioneer - Smithsonian Libraries [PAR] He was the son of Samuel Langley and Mary Williams; Langley's father was a 
merchant in Boston. ... With Langley, he became interested on aerodynamics and 
flying. ... In 1893, he used a houseboat to launch his latest steam-powered 
aerodrome ... on December 17th, 1903; just a few days after Langley's failed 
attempt. [DOC] [TLE] Langley Aerodrome A | National Air and Space Museum [PAR] Samuel Langley's successful flights of his model Aerodromes Number 5 and 
Number 6 in 1896 led to plans to build a full-sized, human-carrying airplane. ... 
Despite the excellent engine, the Aerodrome A, as it was called, met with 
disastrous results, crashing on takeoff on October 7, 1903, and again on 
December 8. Langley... [DOC] [TLE] Samuel Langley - 456th F.I.S. [PAR] By mid-January of 1887, Langley was living in Washington, D.C., employed as 
Assistant ... In 1891 Langley experimented with steam-engine powered 
Aerodromes, ... visited on his efforts, it isn't surprising that Langley decided in 
1896 to not attempt to ... The Launching Apparatus Atop A House-Boat, Potomac 
River - 1903... [DOC] [TLE] Langley Early Flyer | Aircraft | - Fiddlers Green [PAR] langley early flying machine pre wright brothers pioneer of flight aircraft ... 
Samuel Langley made model airplanes powered by whirling arms and ... a 
unmanned model of an airplane that included a steam-powered engine. ... In 
1903, it crashed immediately after being launched from a house boat over the 
Potomac River. [DOC] [TLE] The Pioneers : An Anthology : Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) [PAR] Sep 10, 2004 ... Langley began with experiments on flying machines that used twisted ... This 
vehicle used a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine that ... He 
attempted twice in 1903 to launch the Aerodrome by catapulting it from the roof of 
a houseboat anchored in the Potomac River and both attempts failed the... [DOC] [TLE] The Langley Aerodrome A: The Story of "Almost" - Daily Kos [PAR] Jan 29, 2014 ... His last attempt was on December 8, 1903--just nine days before the Wright ... In 
1886, Samuel Pierpont Langley attended a lecture on the ... Manly was in charge 
of producing the engine for Langley's flying ... Langley's Aerodrome A launches 
from atop a houseboat in the Potomac River--and heads straight... [DOC] [TLE] Pilots, Planes and Pioneers - Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company [PAR] He built a twin-

Question: In 1903 Samuel Langley attempted to fly an engine-powered plane launched from a houseboat on this D.C. river
Answer: the Potomac River