Thomas O. Selfridge
1882?-1908
American military officer who was the first passenger to die in an airplane crash. Lieutenant Selfridge, fascinated by aviation, acted as the army's official liai...
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On September 17, 1908, less than five years after Orville and Wilbur Wright flew the first airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the brothers brought their latest model to Fort Myer, Virginia, to de...
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Thomas O. Selfridge
Airplane Crashes