He did? Wow, I have never heard this story: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-fatal-airplane-crash-1779178 https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-fatal-airplane

He did? Wow, I have never heard this story: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-fatal-airplane-crash-1779178 https://www.thoughtco.com/the-first-fatal-airplane-crash-177... ..he killed an Army Lt during a demonstration, and took some pretty bad injuries to himself.