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Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911

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The name “aerodrome” was given by Secretary Langley to the flying machine in 1893, from ἀεροδρομέω (to traverse the air) and ἀεροδρόμος air runner.—Internal Work of the Wind, p. 5.

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