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Thomas Etholen Selfridge (* 8. Februar 1882 in San Francisco, Kalifornien; † 17. September 1908 in Fort Myer, Virginia) war ein US-amerikanischer Offizier und das erste Todesopfer der motorisierten Luftfahrt. Leben. Im Jahr 1903 schloss Selfridge die Militärakademie in West Point als Second Lieutenant ab. Im selben
Thomas O. Selfridge Jr. (uncle) 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.
28. Okt. 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...
16. Sept. 2015 · National Air and Space Museum Archives. Thomas Selfridge, a 1903 graduate of West Point (along with Douglas MacArthur), was a remarkable man with many accomplishments as a flight pioneer during his short life. Selfridge was one of only three in the military at that time trained to pilot a dirigible.
- Julia Blakely
Twenty-six-year-old Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge volunteered to be a passenger. A member of the Aerial Experiment Association (an organization headed by Alexander Graham Bell and in direct competition with the Wrights), Lt. Selfridge was also on the Army board that was assessing the Wrights' Flyer at Fort Myers, Virginia.
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 ...
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, the first military person ever to die in an aircraft accident during a flight, was killed after a crash landing Sept. 17, 1908, while flying with Orville Wright.
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