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• selfridge
• orvillewright
• wrightflyer
• wilburwright
• armysignalcorps
• orville
• wright
• thomasselfridge
• thomaseselfridge
• teselfridge
• aviator
• aviators
• aviation
• aircraft
• airplane
• biplane
• militaryaviation
• thomasetholenselfridge
• ftmyer
• wrightbrothers
• wrightmodela
• wrighta

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SDASM Aircraft Image

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• Veedubber79 said:

  Engine already running, this famous but ill-fated short flight took off at 5:14 PM and crashed about 15 minutes later when the vibrations from a broken propeller took part of the tail assembly with it, causing Orville to loose control and crash nose-first in front of a crowd of 2000 people. Both were badly injured, but 1st Lt Thomas E. Selfridge (USA) died due to massive skull injuries at 8:10 PM, becoming the first airplane passenger/observer to die in an aviation accident. Selfridge ANGB is named in his honor.