This Odd Early Flying Machine Made History but Didn’t Have the Right Stuff
(via Smithsonian) Aerodrome No. 5 had to be launched by catapult on the Potomac River on May 6, 1896, but it flew unpiloted 3,300 feet
(via Smithsonian) Aerodrome No. 5 had to be launched by catapult on the Potomac River on May 6, 1896, but it flew unpiloted 3,300 feet