Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Selfridge akanga akamira paPresidio mukati mekudengenyeka kukuru kweSan Francisco
yaApril 18, 1906. Chikwata chake chaibatanidzwa mukutsvaka nokuponesa uyewo mukuchenesa. Muna 1907, akaendeswa kuAeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps paFort Myer, Virginia, kwaakazodzidziswa kubhururuka nendege. Akanga ariwo mumiriri wehurumende yeUnited States kuAerial Experiment Association, iyo yaitungamirirwa naAlexander Graham Bell, uye akava munyori wayo wokutanga.