Lex Anteinternet: Monday, August 2, 1909. The United States Army accepted the delivery of a Wright Military Flyer.

Lex Anteinternet: Monday, August 2, 1909. Two firsts.: 

Monday, August 2, 1909. Two firsts.

The United States Army accepted the delivery of a Wright Military Flyer.

Wright Model A.

The Wright brothers were hired at the same time to train the first two pilots,  Lts. Frank P. Lahm and Frederick E. Humphreys

It was just six years after the first flight, and less than a decade before airplanes would become a major weapon of war.

Lex Anteinternet: June 3, 1909. Dreadnoughts and Flyers.

Lex Anteinternet: June 3, 1909. Dreadnoughts and Flyers.: 

June 3, 1909. Dreadnoughts and Flyers.

The Imperial Russian Navy, down to four ships following the Russo Japanese War, began a program of rebuilding, laying down keels for four dreadnoughts.

The Wright Brothers returned to Ft. Myer, Virginian, with an improved Wright Military Flyer.  The prior version had killed Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge.

Last prior edition:

Tuesday, June 1, 1909. Pathfinder Dam completed.

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