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Sunday, April 13, 2014
Wright Aeroplane at Fort Myer
A Wright aeroplane undergoing testing at Fort Myer, Virginia, c. 1908. The plane is possibly the Wright Military Flyer that was tested there and crashed at around this time. The man in the white shirt looks like Orville Wright but is not identified in the source.
Source.
Crash of the Wright Military Flyer, the First Fatal Powered Airplane Crash, at Fort Myer, Virginia (1908)
Spectators tending to pilot Orville Wright or passenger Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge moments after the crash of the Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, 1908. Selfridge, who wasn't wearing any protective gear, died from a fractured skull, becoming the first powered airplane crash fatality. Orville Wright suffered severe injuries but survived. Animated stereoview.
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