Caretakers of the Sky: The Wright Brothers and Recording the Aerial Age
Unwritten Record
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Photograph of the Wright Brothers’ Camp in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,” Records of the US Army Air Forces, Record Group 18, National Archives Local Identifier: 18-WP-48625. According to the National Park Service, in 1900 the Wright’s contacted the U.S. to record an airplane in flight at his own expense.
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