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Both Taylor and Navy Lieutenant George Sweet had been scheduled to make their first flights with Orville that day, but both were bumped in order to accommodate Selfridge who had to leave town for Missouri.

Despite this accident, Taylor wanted to become a pilot and sought Wilbur and Orville to teach him.

The Wrights, reluctant to lose Taylor's services to the world of exhibition flying, discouraged him.