Orville Wright was hospitalized for almost two months after the September 17, 1908 crash that killed Thomas Selfridge.
Sources
- After Thomas Selfridge (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/daav/chap9.htm (nps.gov)
- https://www.loc.gov/collections/wilbur-and-orville-wright-papers/articles-and-essays/collection-highlights/the-wrights-go-public/ (loc.gov)
- https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA382312.pdf (apps.dtic.mil)
- https://text-message.blogs.archives.gov/2019/03/19/the-united-states-army-buys-its-first-aeroplane-1909/ (text-message.blogs.archives.gov)
- https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Wright_Brothers (gracesguide.co.uk)
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