Complex sentence: Foulois, p.50 After having selected the Thomas Scott Baldwin airship as the winner of the trial, Foulois was selected as the first military crewman, and took his first flight on August 18 as engineer-pilot while Baldwin controlled the rudder at the aft end.
Split into simpler sentences: Foulois, p.50 After having selected the Thomas Scott Baldwin airship as the winner of the trial, Foulois was selected as the first military crewman. He took his first flight on August 18 as engineer-pilot while Baldwin controlled the rudder at the aft end.