American Aviation Historical Society

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  AAHS 70th CELEBRATION EVENT
  
  
  

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  AAHS Journal, Vol 71, No 21
  Summer 2026
  
  Previous AAHS Journals

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  AAHS FLIGHTLINE, 26-03
  May 30, 2026
  
  Previous FLIGHTLINEs

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  Lockheed P-38/F-5 Lightning
  Photo of the Day
  
  
  

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This Day in History:
September 17, 1908

Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, US Army Signal Corps becomes the first person to die in an airplane crash when the Wright Flyer piloted by Orville Wright suffered a structural failure at 75 ft. Orville was seriously injured in the crash.

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