[HN Gopher] The First Airplane Fatality
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       The First Airplane Fatality
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2026-03-09 20:32 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | delichon wrote:
       | Bah, there's a report of an earlier one in Ovid's Metamorphoses
       | from 8 CE.
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       | http://messybeast.com/dragonqueen/icarus-accident.htm
        
       | expedition32 wrote:
       | When KLM started flying Amsterdam-Batavia in the 1930s it was
       | dangerous but people preferred it to spending weeks on a ship.
        
       | rudyfink wrote:
       | Surprisingly, the article does not mention that Selfridge field
       | in Michigan is named after Lieutenant Selfridge.
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selfridge_Air_National_Guard_B....
        
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