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Selfridge Crash Described in New Acquisition
On this day — September 17 — in 1908, Lt. Thomas Selfridge became the first person to die in a powered airplane crash. He was the passenger in a plane piloted by Orville Wright, who was demonstrating the Wright Flyer … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation, aviation history, MS-1, Orville Wright, SC-301, Wright Brothers, Wright family
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