The latest declaration was meant to repudiate Connecticut’s claims Gustave Whitehead flew Aug. 14, 1901, beating the Wrights in the race to the skies by two years. Connecticut officials honored Gustave at a ceremony Monday in Bridgeport.
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“I think this helps remind people that history does not agree with what the people in Connecticut are saying,” said Timothy Gaffney, a National Aviation Heritage Alliance spokesman. “…It has yet to show that Gustave Whitehead ever made a powered flight in his airplane at any time much less in 1901.”
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