Upon being purchased by the Signal Corps for $30,000 on Aug. 2, 1909, the original airplane was redesignated Signal Corps Airplane No. 1, the world's first military heavier-than-air flying machine. It was used in October 1909 for giving flight instructions to Lts. Frank P. Lahm and Frederic E. Humphreys, and in 1910 it was used by Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois to teach himself how to fly. Aviation has come along way since the days of the Signal Corps. (courtesy photo)
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