Charlie Taylor (mechanic)
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Charles Edward Taylor was an American inventor, mechanic and machinist. He built the first aircraft engine used by the Wright brothers in the Wright Flyer, and was a vital contributor of mechanical sk
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Charlie and Wilbur attach a canoe onto a new Flyer at Governor's Island, New York, October 1909.
Thomas Selfridge
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Thomas Etholen Selfridge was an American 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 c
Charlie Taylor (mechanic)
…Virginia. On September 17, the airplane crashed due to a shattered propeller, seriously injuring Orville and killing his passenger, Army lieutenant Thomas Selfridge. Taylor was among the first to reach the crash. He helped lift Selfridge out of the wreckage, then undid Orville's necktie and opened his shirt as…
Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge (1882–1908)
"Red Wing" aeroplane
Selfridge and Orville Wright prior to takeoff on the fatal flight
Wreckage of the Wright Flyer that took the life of Tom Selfridge