aerospace chronology 1896 1998 massachusetts institute of technology labor research agenda betty barrett 2002 prepared for the mit by 05 14 02 1 time line 1910 samuel pierpont langley director smithsonian constructs a model aerodrome that flies 1898 congress grants 50 000 to construct man carrying aid in spanish american war 2 1903 first powered controlled human flight wright brothers on december 17 3 nine days earlier s was launched and failed refused appropriate more money 1905 glenn curtis built baldwin airship with adapted motorcycle engine 4 1906 alberto santos dumont brazilian living paris becomes european fly plane 24 horsepower 5 1907 wrights share data curtiss scientific venture later bitter legal battle ensued when accused using this his business their financial representatives charles r flint company negotiate internationally aircraft contracts 6 1908 february us army signs 30 contract
