World's first military aircraft

This was going to be a 2-hour-rule post since, despite the fact that I’m on vacation of sorts, y’all are falling down on the job... but xsnowpig finally rode to the rescue.

So, anyway, the airplane that the Wright brothers built for the U.S. military in 1909. It served as a trainer for the Army for 2 years before retiring permanently.

RIP Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, lost in the crash of the Wrights’ previous attempt.