I recently traded a 1958 International Farmall 340 for a much more powerful 1972 Allis Chalmers. That old Farmall still runs great! I actually felt sad when I let it go.

While there was nothing nefarious about this death, Lt. Selfridge was part of a group of rival airplane inventors lead by Alexander Gram Bell and Glenn Curtis (named the Aerial Experiment Association), that the Wright brothers consider thieves of their work. It was because Selfridge was involved with aviation that the military assigned him as a passenger on the flight, but the brothers were very leery of him. Selfridge actually designed the Aerial Experiment Association's first airplane, the Red Wing, which flew, but lacked the stability controls the Wright brothers had invented. If he hadn't died, Selfridge probably would have gone on to be a big name in aviation.