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Image of the Potomac River at Quantico. The Chopawamsic island is within the river closer to the Virginia side near the center. The creek by the same name is visible behind the concrete structures of Quantico. The left and right sides of the image are majority covered in deep green foliage with Virginia being on the left and Maryland on the right.

The Potomac Island Where History Took Flight

Samuel Pierpont Langley conducted the first successful flight of an unpiloted, engine-driven, heavier-than-air craft from a houseboat near Chopawamsic Island in the Potomac River.

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