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Gustave Whitehead and the First-Flight ControversyAviation History | Single Page | 4 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post
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This article was originally published in the March 1996 issue of Aviation History and written by Frank Delear, a native of Boston and a retired public relations director of Sikorsky Aircraft, Stratford, Conn. He is the author of five books and many newspaper and magazine articles, including a feature on Harriet Quimby in Aviation History, January 1991. For further reading: History by Contract, by William J. O'Dwyer; and Before The Wrights Flew, by Stella Randolph.
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4 Comments to “Gustave Whitehead and the First-Flight Controversy”
Thank you for this excellent article. I learned some history today that I had never been aware of.
Arnie
Bell 47 G2
By Arnie Madsen on Jan 26, 2010 at 2:29 am
My wife is a grandaughter of John Whitehead and great neice to Gustave,growing up she often heard her grandfather and grandmother talk of the time and money spent on Gustaves efforts.
Her grandfather died in 1952 in Kamloops B.C.Canada,her grandmother talked of the times the Wright Bros. came to talk to Gustave about his ideas.
The family has not been involved in trying to get Gustave's first flight on Aug 14,1901 recognized as it should be,we all would like to thank Bill O'Dwyer for the hours and hours he has devoted to this as well as all the other people involved. The family has nothing to gain should this ever be resolved as it should be other than knowing Gustave gets his just deserve, We have to wonder what the Smithsonian is afraid of in holding open hearings on this matter if they feel that proof isn't there.
By Don Chaplin on Jan 31, 2010 at 11:55 pm