The Washington times., 1913-05-05
FIRST AEROPL LANE
TO BE CELEBRATED
Smithsonian Institution to Honor Langley, Maker of First Ma
chine Which, Fifteen Years Ago Tomorrow Rose From
Houseboat and Flew Over Potomac River.

D = $1,000. ,.oi.;,,r ,,,ooh.n;,,1
because queer ioohiis e''aiilIai
device, hardly larger than some of the
intricate TOYS on sale in department
stores rose from the roof of a dinsy
-. s g.. .,,,ar,,, c.,
mouse BOAT, SCARED d le" nunueu Zee.
seventeen years ago, scientists, diplo-
mats and statesmen will meet tomorrow
=, ~. - r,,,I.asinr ,,,s,;,,,,a On 40 hon.
or to one of the greatest physicists that
ever brought honor to this country.
The occasion will be Langley Day." and
the gathering will be IN commemoration
OF Aerodrome NO. ., eullt p1 samuel @
sieht ~ r>ans ,ntan NV w hsawier than ar
mscbine on NAV & 1896.
s bronze memorial tablet TO the Gift
ed New EnRIander. who first opened up
..the great 1riwersal highway Overhead"
had been niaced in the main hail of the
;nst,,y,a prd and ,.,,ii IL he unweiisd WITH AZ
ting ceremonies
A. ad6rass hy Dr AIexander Graham
ReIi dealins Nth the life and accom-.
nIishments of prof. Langley is the first
at eao o,,Ini, o. tnJ ,n "a .Starnaon SiS
Ti,i ~ e,iiored hv IN. nrassntation Of
two Tanoley medals one to Glenn n.
CSe.,l CMo lnsiey Ieas, oth t ohe Sus,.vn nirsi
III oI.ss .s ana .ne o.hsr " Se a.,
tor tor .ne ~oIk r,ai . sc,ance snd % nav,sat;nr
'eIss' ~ ae',"i h s. u ,.,,,I re,
,,ir Dr. John a Srashsar VIII ioh taoh .s,, mS
N l secuu ae % - a. ,Star,,aon 81
"e m. unwai1,ns ,ne finn ef The Ianeirv bronze
tnS,s, nS This show, rne the remarkabie
tanieI Inis ii.s sho"S ,, e ,,,atrSius
,sal selenust sit.tng on - oas SI;shts ,,r,,
sh ~ ,h rntSs, nf wnici,
@ per .. aas uiros IN @ NE Wb;ch mark.
ed a new epoch in transportation when
ihVaoeo lhe ar oh may o. '''''
Served Diplomats.
h a,,,on,.,. .r. sxn.cted
A nun,oeI e o. oa,imn o,p an, - am,nn thsm
10 attcnd tne neetihs' anu ann '"e
VIII De Amoassador 'usao sa, -,
=. nN,e,., Ia tnrua,a !, 70 him
~. Eiiie, anu ioi ~ S..rn, ,h.
Aero Club exercises at the ARM war
College GROUNDS VII open m,m ,nd
ception TO Aero Siup HeI1eIs au @
guests: MUSIC VIII oe pnns ,r,e
the WasnnstoH baaAs ,ae, ,,,I n he aero.
chief events OF inte.eSt wi pJ -,
plare maneuvers over the naI farhs ,ha anu s,n.
flyinS boat exhipitions oNei 'o
tomac. iii =. ,,,.br.,ed
Inc event wsn An o,,i,,;pe,;on Of ten
tomorrow 49, M ef,ort a., the mart of
one OF tne Hos' Snn,ifia s.saarcb in
ldentlIleo WIN eIt nc ,nnr 70 oh
this counnts. nstinr Ga pmme, Lang
tam coiese eu "t1or.a raised himself
~roF.seorobyn heipu first
TO a coliege pIoIessso.s' 'p' .h ap.arxotnry
st aavaJi;; ao.i;. and finaii,, a professor
az Ap n, "a rbysjcs .t the West
OF aSnrGnoy t,rs;yv a ~ PennsvIvaniaI
eru C sS ,h;s coal Ghen he WAS but
,hsrsy'swo Years Old and SO congenial
,,.as LII h,s woIk and sIirroundinRs that he
,anainsd w1o me there for twenty Years. In
isS he hecame secretary of the Smith
."nian Institution here and held that
nosition until his death, on February
y los He Was horn in Roxbury,
Mass August % ISs4 and died in
Aiken. 8. G
Goes 10 meetlnS.
Long interested in physics and as
tronorny and a builder Of telescopes,
prof. Langley did not take more than
a passing interest in aerial flight until
he attended a meeting of the American
Association for the Arrangement OF
Science in Buffalo, N. Y, In lS6. Here
he listened to q paper on that sup)sct
which drew 80 many conclusions tant