House declares Whitehead first in flight

... Connecticut, was the first in flight." Whitehead's half-mile flight, 50 feet off the ground, on Aug. 1, 1901, in Bridgeport was more than two years before the more-famous Wright flights at Kitty Hawk. The issue came to world prominence last year ...



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