Author and educator Susan Brinchman presents new evidence to credit Gustave Whitehead Sunday, Jan. 10, from 4-6 p.m., via Skype at the Pequot Library, Southport. Whitehead was successful in powered ...
HARTFORD — The Capitol’s new security measures interferes with potential foot traffic, but a third-floor atrium on the east side of the Legislative Office Building honors Gustave Whitehead, the early ...
A high school science teacher is out to prove someone else took flight before the Wright Brothers did. NY1's Valarie D'Elia filed the following report. Bridgeport, Connecticut high school science ...
The ongoing battle between historians over who was really first in flight was rekindled last week. New research advances the theory that a German immigrant in Connecticut is responsible for the first ...
On Aug. 14, 1901, Gustave Whitehead fired up the engines of his No. 21 flying machine near Jennings Beach in Fairfield, and took to the skies for about 30 seconds. At least that's what advocates of ...
Ohio and North Carolina drew a line on the tarmac Thursday in the fight over who was first to make a powered airplane flight. Ohio license plates proclaim the state is the “Birthplace of Aviation” ...
Connecticut lawmakers looking to memorialize aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead settled on the perfect spot: a small coffee kiosk on the third floor of the legislative office building. The trouble is, ...
This undated picture provided by the Weisskopf Museum shows a portrait of aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead. Connecticut's leading role in aviation has never been disputed, but in June 2013, ...
On Monday, officials from Bridgeport and Fairfield, Connecticut, once again staked their claim to the “First in Flight” and “birthplace of powered flight” bragging rights by declaring August 14 as ...
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