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Artifact 17 of 28

The First Published Eyewitness Account

Lent by the U.S. Air Force Academy Library, Gimbel Collection

Amos I. Root, a beekeeping enthusiast from Medina, Ohio, traveled 175 miles to see the Wright brothers fly and witnessed their first circular flight. He published an account of that historic event in his journal, Gleanings in Bee Culture. It was the first eyewitness account of a Wright brothers airplane flight to appear in print.

 

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