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Samuel Pierpont Langley

Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, aeronautics pioneer and aircraft engineer[?], born: August 22, Boston suburb of Roxbury, Ma, USA, died: February 27, 1906, Aiken, Aiken County, SC, USA.

See also:

Langley medal[?]
NASA Langley X-43A Hyper-X
NASA Langley Research Center (http://www.larc.nasa.gov/) (NASA LaRC), Hampton, York County, VA, USA
Langley field[?], Va, USA
Langley Air Force Base[?] (Langley AFB), Hampton, York County, Va, USA
Langley Memorial Auronautical Laboratory[?]

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