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Thomas Etholen Selfridge. Appointed to the Military Academy at West Point and graduated in 1903. Assigned to Baddeck, Nova Scotia by President Theodore Roosevelt as an official observer to Dr. Alexander Graham Bell’s (enshrined 1965) kite experiments. Aided in the formation of the Aerial Experiment Association formed in October of 1907 and ...
Selfridge was not wearing any type of headgear and his skull was fractured and Wright sustained severe injuries, including a broken thigh, several broken ribs, and a damaged hip. He underwent neurosurgery but died that evening at the age of 26, without regaining consciousness.
9 de feb. de 2024 · Thomas E. Selfridge’s name isn’t well known, but he was among those working to make human flight possible in the early 20th century. “Though young,” a cataloger for the Smithsonian writes, “he was one of the very few at the time who accurately foresaw a military role for powered aircraft.”
El telégrafo eléctrico, desarrollado en 1844 por Samuel Finley Breese Morse y Alfred Vail, constituía la fórmula más moderna para el intercambio inmediato y eficaz de información a gran distancia. Por tanto, el comandante Selfridge incluyó también un sistema telegráfico completo, y tres civiles expertos telegrafistas: W. H. Clarke ...
16 de oct. de 2016 · Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge. 1916 marks the beginning of the establishment of what is now a National Guard air base in Harrison Township, Michigan named in honor of Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge. Selfridge was killed in a flight demonstration on September 17, 1908 with Orville Wright at Fort Myer, Virginia when the aircraft malfunctioned, forcing ...
5 de sept. de 2020 · Thomas Etholen Selfridge entrou para a história da aviação de forma trágica. Em 17 de setembro de 1908, Selfridge tornou-se a primeira pessoa a morrer em um acidente de avião. Militar e ...
