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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 a crash of a powered airplane. He was a passenger on an aircraft piloted by Orville Wright. Selfridge was born on February 8, 1882, in San Francisco, California. He was the grandson of Rear Admiral Thomas Oliver Selfridge Sr. He graduated from United States ...
Thomas Selfridge, el primer hombre en morir en un accidente de avión. Hace unos años escribí una entrada titulada Juan Olivert, el pionero de la aviación que apagó el motor. En 1909, este valenciano estaba haciendo pruebas con un primitivo avión y tan pronto como notó que abandonaba el suelo, paró el motor para quedarse seguro en tierra ...
Thomas Etholen Selfridge (São Francisco, Califórnia, 8 de fevereiro de 1882 - Fort Myer, 17 de setembro de 1908) foi um militar estadunidense que se tornou a primeira pessoa a morrer na queda de um aeroplano motorizado, um biplano pilotado por Orville Wright.. Biografia. Pouco é sabido da infância de Selfridge. Graduou-se em 1903 na United States Military Academy (Academia Militar dos ...
Thomas E. Selfridge. 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 Jahr – am 17.
Tragedy Strikes. Tragedy struck during a flight on Sept. 17, 1908, when the right propeller on the 1908 Flyer fouled a guy wire, causing the plane to crash to earth. Orville Wright was seriously injured, while Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, along on the flight as a passenger, was fatally injured, thus becoming the first person to die as the result of ...
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.
Thomas Etholen Selfridge född 8 februari 1882 i San Francisco, död 17 september 1908 i Fort Myer, var en amerikansk militär (löjtnant) och den första person i världen som avlidit efter ett haveri med ett motordrivet flygplan. [ 1] Selfridge utexaminerades tillsammans med Douglas MacArthur från militärhögskolan i West Point 1903.
