[DOC] [TLE] List of aviation pioneers - Wikipedia [PAR] Aviation pioneers are people directly and indirectly responsible for the 
advancement of flight, including people who worked to achieve manned flight 
before the invention of aircraft, as well as others who achieved significant "firsts" 
in aviation after heavier-than-air flight became routine. ... sorting by DOB or 
Country uses the information for the first of the pair. [DOC] [TLE] Langley Gold Medal - Wikipedia [PAR] The Langley Gold Medal, or Samuel P. Langley Medal for Aerodromics, is an 
award given by the Smithsonian Institution for outstanding contributions to the 
sciences of aeronautics and astronautics. Named in honor of Samuel P. Langley, 
the Smithsonian's third Secretary, it was authorized by the Board of Regents in 
1909. ... Jump up ^ "Wright Brothers Receive Langley Medal". [DOC] [TLE] The Wright Brothers: Pioneers in Aviation | Smithsonian Institution ... [PAR] They first wrote to the Smithsonian Institution in May of 1899 to request ... 
Secretary Langley was devastated when the Wright Brothers beat him with their 
first successful flight in 1903. ... After Wilbur's death in 1912, Orville became 
passionate about defending the Wright ... 1909 Wright Flyer, National Air and 
Space Museum. [DOC] [TLE] Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley [PAR] Dec 15, 2015 ... Wilbur's first letter to the Smithsonian, dated May 30, 1899, respectfully ... As their 
letters continued and it became clear they were competing to achieve ... improve 
when the Smithsonian displayed one of Langley's aircraft as having .... Record 
Unit 7003, Samuel P. Langley Papers (1866-1906, 1909, 1914,... [DOC] [TLE] The Bigger Picture - Page 47 | Smithsonian Institution Archives [PAR] Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley ... December 
17th marks the 112th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903, ... then
-Secretary Samuel P. Langley's own interests in aviationand ultimately .... P. 
Langley Papers (1866-1906, 1909, 1914, 1942), Smithsonian Institution Archives
. [DOC] [TLE] Aerodrome A - The Aviation Historian [PAR] Feb 24, 2015 ... the Smithsonian Institution, and Albert Zahm, the director of the recently ... 
dihedral between the pairs of 22-foot wings, even a modest .... In 1909, the Wright 
brothers filed a legal suit against his company .... weapons as war with Spain 
became imminent. .... The first Langley Medal would be awarded to the. [DOC] [TLE] Celebrating a Century of Flight - NASA History Homepage [PAR] War II, NACA engineers at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (now Langley 
Research ... used this aircraft to investigate the cuffs on the propeller blades to 
determine their efficiency. ... In 1908 and 1909, they traveled to .... became the 
first people to fly aboard a .... May 30 Wilbur Wright wrote the Smithsonian 
Institution. [DOC] [TLE] THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ... [PAR] Annual Reports, 1909, pp. 22, 107, Hi; 1910, pp. ... to the Wright brothers due 
credit for making the first successful ... Smithsonian Institution give a Langley 
medal to encourage avia- tion? Yours ... illustrating the progress of aviation and, 
in this connection, it has ... Your letter of the yth of this month has been received. 
If you. [DOC] [TLE] American Aviation Heritage - National Park Service [PAR] Feb 17, 2004 ... airplane and had the first permanent flight school. ..... In 1887, Langley became 
assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. ..... 
Smithsonian Institution on May 30, 1899, requesting aviation ...... For this daring 
action he received the Medal of Honor, the military's highest honor.23. [DOC] [TLE] Wright, Orville & Wright, Wilbur - Dictionary definition of Wright ... [PAR] Aviation Pioneers ... Wilbur, however, became a recluse after that and seldom 
ventured far from home. ... Orville received the Langley Medal from the 
Smithsonian Institution in 1910, the ... Wilbur died first, in Dayton on May 30, 
1912 at the age of 44. ... In 1909 the brothers formed the American Wright 
Company, with Wilbur... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Report of

Question: In 1909 this pair became the first to receive the Smithsonian Institution's Langley Medal for Aviation
Answer: The Wright Brothers