NC, Ohio fight to retain first flight bragging rights

... believes both are wrong. There, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a law this summer saying German-born aviator and Bridgeport, Conn., resident Gustave Whitehead was the first to make a powered flight. The state went on record saying Whitehead made his ...



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