1908
- 17 September
- Army Signal Corps Wright Model A, Army Signal Corps serial number 1, piloted by Orville Wright, crashes at Ft. Myers, Virginia, killing Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge. In flight that begins just after 0700 hrs., a propeller breaks and severs control wires. Rebuilt. Retired 4 May 1911, and now in Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C., accepted on 20 October 1911. Selfridge AFB, Michigan, was later named for the first U.S. military aircrash victim. Wright is also hospitalized until 31 October and spends several more weeks on crutches.
- 16 October
- Pilot Samuel Franklin Cody takes off from Farnborough Common, Great Britain, in his British Army Aeroplane No 1, a biplane powered by a 50 hp (37 kW) Antoinette engine. His flight covers 424 metres before ending in a crash-landing, which he survives.
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