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1. www.findagrave.com › gustave_albin-whiteheadGustave Albin Whitehead (1874-1927) - Find a Grave Memorial

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   Aviation Pioneer. He emigrated from Germany to the United States where he designed and built gliders, flying machines and engines between 1897 and 1915. Controversy surrounds published accounts and Whitehead's own claims that he flew a powered machine successfully several times in 1901 and 1902, predating the first...

2. www.ctpost.com › news › article‘I know he flew:’ Replica of Gustave Whitehead ... - CTPost

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   Aug 8, 2021 · And on the 120th anniversary of Whitehead’s alleged achievement, a replica Kosch built of the German immigrant’s No. 21 “Condor” aircraft will be on display Aug. 14 and Aug. 15 at the ...

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   Who was Gustave Whitehead?

   • Gustave Whitehead is back in the news. Whitehead (1874-1927), a native of Leutershausen, Bavaria, who immigrated to the United States, probably in 1894, claimed to have made a sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine on August 14, 1901, two years before the Wright brothers.

   The Flight Claims of Gustave Whitehead | National Air and

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   Did Gustave Whitehead really fly?

   • One enigmatic figure in aviation history whose supporters say he made controlled flights as early as 1899 was Gustave Whitehead, a poor, German immigrant to the United States. Whitehead clearly built a number of airplanes before the Wrights were successful in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, but did any of his craft really fly?

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   How many aircraft engines did Gustave Whitehead build?

   • He built more than 30 aircraft engines and sold them to customers as far west as California. An earlier student of Whitehead’s life and career was the late Stella Randolph of Garrett Park, Md., author of two books, Lost Flights of Gustave Whitehead (1937) and Before the Wrights Flew (1966).

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   Did Gustave Whitehead beat the Wright brothers?

   • Long-festering intrigues surface as a group challenges the first-flight claims of the Wright brothers, contending that Gustave Whitehead beat them to the punch. ‘What has not been examined impartially has not been well examined. Skepticism is therefore the first step toward truth.’ -Dennis Diderot, philosopher (1713-1784) Old myths die hard.

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   Dec 17, 2021 · On October 10, 1927, in his 54th year, Gustave Whitehead died of a heart attack, leaving his family with their home and $8. His grave in Lakeview Cemetery, Bridgeport, was marked only by a bronze spike bearing the cemetery number 42. His pioneering work has been largely denied or forgotten for 37 years.

5. gustavewhitehead.info › gustave-whitehead-resourcesGustave Whitehead resources

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   CT State Library – Gustave Whitehead Research Collection (Manuscript Collections, under G and W) Gustave Whitehead Research Collection, 1901-2014 (RG 069:171) Gustave Whitehead (1874-1927) was an early aviation pioneer who invented gliders, airplanes, and helicopters from 1896-1911.

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   Apr 6, 2013 · Gustave Whitehead (1874-1927), a native of Leutershausen, Bavaria, who immigrated to the United States, probably in 1894, claimed to have made a sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine on August 14, 1901, two years before the Wright brothers.

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8. www.unmuseum.org › gustaveThe UnMuseum - Gustave Whitehead

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   The entire thing weighed approximately 800 pounds. With Mr. Whitehead aboard the weight was increased to about 965 pounds. On August 14, 1901, or so the story goes, Whitehead made a test flight near the location which was later to become the Sikorsky airplane factory. He flew the machine for one and a half miles that day.