Engineer in Charge: A History of the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, 1917-1958Scientific and Technical Information Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987 - Technology & Engineering - 620 pages |
Contents
Samuel P Langley and assistant Charles M Manly 1903 | 4 |
Army Corps of Engineers survey party at Langley Field 1916 | 10 |
Special aviation edition of Hampton Monitor | 17 |
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