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Thomas Etholen Selfridge (February 8, 1882 – September 17, 1908) was a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army and the first person to die in an airplane crash. He was also the first active-duty member of the U.S. military to die in a crash while on duty.
- 1903–1908
- First Lieutenant
- Arlington National Cemetery Section 3 Gravesite 2158
- United States Army
Sep 17, 2010 · 1908: During flight trials to win a contract from the U.S. Army Signal Corps, pilot Orville Wright and passenger Lt. Thomas Selfridge crash in a Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia. Wright is...
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Oct 28, 2021 · On September 17, 1908, Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge—the first person to die in an airplane crash—shed his coat and hat and climbed into the Wright Military Flyer next to pilot Orville...
Everything went well until that fateful day, September 17, 1908, which began with a cheering crowd of 2,000 and ended with pilot Orville Wright severely injured and passenger Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge dead. A Flight Exhibition. Orville Wright had done this before.
Jul 27, 2008 · Flight’s First Fatal Trip. A HARBINGER In 1908, Orville Wright crashed his plane, killing his passenger, Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge. Mansell/Time & Life Pictures — Getty Images. For the 100th ...
September 2018. Bystanders crouch over Thomas Selfridge, pulled from the wrecked Wright Model A. While riding as a passenger in a willowy, wing-warping biplane piloted by Orville Wright, U.S....
Lieutenant Thomas Etholen Selfridge (USA) was an army observer on a plane piloted by Orville Wright (USA) on 17 September 1908 when four minutes into the performance test of the aircraft 'Wright Flyer' at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA, the propeller snapped a rudder control wire, which forced the propeller to break and lead to the plane nose diving ...
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