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Old 4th Jun 2014, 06:06
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Brian Abraham
 
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mentions a single witness name, out of 11 alleged witnesses that answered the letters addressed to them.......The witness is highly suspicious and also his letter brought nothing new. He wrote there things told before by the Wright brothers.....It looks like Webbert acted as an advertiser of the two brothers
You sure draw a long bow in your efforts to discredit the Wrights. Is it a case of simplex by name, simple by nature?

The full list of observers who had seen the Wrights fly prior to 12 March, 1906.

Mr. E. W. Ellis, Assistant Auditor of the City of Dayton.
Mr. Torrence Huffman, President of the Fourth National Bank.
Mr. C. S. Blllman. Secretary of the West Side Building Association.
Mr. Henry Webbert
Mr. W. H. Shank
Mr. William Fouts
Mr. Frank Hamburger
Mr. Charles Webbert
Mr. Howard M. Myers
Mr. Bernard H. Lambers
Mr. William Webbert
M.r. Reuben Schindler
Mr. William Weber

All the above of Dayton, Ohio

Mr. 0. F. Jamieson, East Germantown, Ind.
Mr. Theodore Waddell, Census Department, Washlington., D. C.
Mr. David Beard, Osborn, Ohio.
Mr. Amos Stauffer, Osborn. Ohio
the FAI definition of flight
For the FAI to recognise a flight it has to be observed by FAI accredited observers, since the FAI didn't exist at the time of the Wrights first flight, it doesn't make their list.
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