Thomas Selfridge is considered the first person to die in a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft crash.
Sources
- After Thomas Selfridge (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/459014/1908-first-fatality-in-a-powered-aircraft/ (afhistory.af.mil)
- https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-person-to-be-killed-by-a-powered-aeroplane-crash (guinnessworldrecords.com)
- https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/107424-first-glider-pilot-fatality (guinnessworldrecords.com)
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