Thanks for that quick recap! What an amazing story, and I wish I'd heard about him earlier, it's a shame he didn't get the same publicity as the W Bro's.
When I read these stories of the true aviation pioneers, I'm astounded we ever got this far! Good thing the FAA didn't exist when young Thomas Selfridge was killed in that crash, or they might have forbid any further 'passenger flights' as being much too risky!