Historian Propels Connecticut To Claim 'First In Flight'

Orville Wright is at the controls of the Wright Flyer, as his brother Wilbur Wright looks on during the plane's first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C. An amateur historian in Connecticut says there's evidence that Gustave Whitehead, a German immigrant from Bridgeport, should be dubbed "the first in flight." Orville Wright is at the controls of the Wright ... (more)



via Bridgeport Newswire http://www.npr.org/2013/03/19/174634237/historian-propels-connecticut-to-claim-first-in-flight?ft=1&f=3