Show threadcodepilotMar 20, 2024

@spaceflight although this was pasted yesterday already, I would like to correct:

1. First flight: #OttoLilienthal
2. There was a man called #GustaveWhitehead who might have done the first engine-powered flight. Just keep this in mind.

CT History NewsAug 14, 2023

Today in #Connecticut History, August 14: Gustave Whitehead Flies, Making Two Wrights Wrong

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August 14: Gustave Whitehead Flies, Making Two Wrights Wrong

  Today in 1901, one of the most controversial events in aviation history took place in Fairfield, Connecticut.  Inventor Gustave Whitehead executed a half-mile-long flight in his Flying Machi…

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