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Wright 1909 Military Flyer
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President
Theodore Roosevelt's 1907 directive to the U.S. Army to investigate
the Wright brother's aircraft led to the U.S. Army Signal Corps'
purchase of the Wright 1909 Flyer. Designated as Signal
Corps Airplane No. 1, this was the world's first military
heavy-than-air aircraft.
Wilber Wright taught Lts. Lahm and Humphreys to
fly at College Park, Maryland in 1909. The aircraft was then
shipped to Fort Sam Houston in Texas with Lt. Foulois who proceeded
to teach himself to fly in 1910. The 1909 Flyer was retired
from service in 1911. |
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 | Type: Airplane |
| Engine: one 30 hp (22 kW) Wright
piston engine |
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page updated 13 February 2008
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