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Samuel Pierpont Langley's Aerodrome, piloted by Charles Manly, crashes on its second flight attempt. |
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Charles Manly pilots Samuel Langley's Great Aerodrome airplane off a launch rail on a houseboat and down into the waters of the Potomac. Manly clears himself from the watery wreckage and is rescued. The team will try again on 8 December, and fail when the tail section breaks away on lift-off. |
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