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![[Wilbur Wright and G.M. Cramer "timing the flight," surrounded by U.S. Army officers, Fort Myer, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvd2lsYnVyLXdyaWdodC1hbmQtZ20tY3JhbWVyLXRpbWluZy10aGUtZmxpZ2h0LXN1cnJvdW5kZWQtYnktdXMtYXJteS1vZmZpY2Vycy02NDAuanBn/320/205/jpg "[Wilbur Wright and G.M. Cramer \"timing the flight,\" surrounded by U.S. Army officers, Fort Myer, Virginia]")
![[Washington Nationals, baseball card portrait]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTMvMDEvMDEvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1uYXRpb25hbHMtYmFzZWJhbGwtY2FyZC1wb3J0cmFpdC02NDAuanBn/40/23/webp "[Washington Nationals, baseball card portrait]")
![[Tending to pilot Orville Wright or passenger Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge after the crash of the Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTAvdGVuZGluZy10by1waWxvdC1vcnZpbGxlLXdyaWdodC1vci1wYXNzZW5nZXItbGlldXRlbmFudC10aG9tYXMtZS1zZWxmcmlkZ2UtYmM0NDEwLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/25/webp "[Tending to pilot Orville Wright or passenger Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge after the crash of the Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia]")
![[Squad marching toward barracks, Fort Myer, Virginia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvc3F1YWQtbWFyY2hpbmctdG93YXJkLWJhcnJhY2tzLWZvcnQtbXllci12aXJnaW5pYS02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Squad marching toward barracks, Fort Myer, Virginia]")
![Wright’s Airship Falls! U.S. Army Officer Killed, Aviator Maimed [New York Journal, 18 September 1908]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvd3JpZ2h0cy1haXJzaGlwLWZhbGxzLXVzLWFybXktb2ZmaWNlci1raWxsZWQtYXZpYXRvci1tYWltZWQtbmV3LXlvcmstam91cm5hbC02NDAuanBn/40/48/webp "Wright’s Airship Falls! U.S. Army Officer Killed, Aviator Maimed [New York Journal, 18 September 1908]")
![[Letter, Wilbur Wright, Aero Club of America Newsletter, 12 March 1906]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvbGV0dGVyLXdpbGJ1ci13cmlnaHQtYWVyby1jbHViLW9mLWFtZXJpY2EtbmV3c2xldHRlci0xMi1tYXJjaC0xOTA2LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/48/webp "[Letter, Wilbur Wright, Aero Club of America Newsletter, 12 March 1906]")
![Orville Wright at start of flight, Fort Meyer [i.e. Myer], Virginia](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvb3J2aWxsZS13cmlnaHQtYXQtc3RhcnQtb2YtZmxpZ2h0LWZvcnQtbWV5ZXItaWUtbXllci12YS02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "Orville Wright at start of flight, Fort Meyer [i.e. Myer], Virginia")
