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    Who was the pilot of the first airplane to crash?

    Question #86515. Asked by kool-aid1989. (Sep 27 07 11:35 AM)


    star_gazer

    		1908 Orville Wright crashed his plane killing his military passenger.

    http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/a/firstcrash.htm

    Sep 27 07, 2:31 PM
    Klondikebob

    		Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge - September 10, 1908 - Orville Wright was the pilot and Selfridge was a passenger. Orville survived the crash but the Lieutenant was killed.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Selfridge

    Oct 28 08, 10:34 PM
    serpa

    		September 10, 1908 Frank P. Lahm is Orville's first official passenger
    September 12, 1908 Major George O. Squirer is Orville's passenger
    September 17, 1908 Is when the crash with Selfridge happened

    http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/a/firstcrash.htm

    Jan 21 12, 10:44 AM
    serpa

    		Orville Wright crashed on July 14, 1905

    The Wrights scrapped the battered and much-repaired airplane, but saved the engine, and in 1905 built a new Flyer III... After Orville suffered a bone-jarring and potentially fatal crash on July 14, they rebuilt the Flyer...


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers

    Jan 21 12, 11:08 AM

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