Fairfield, claiming 'First in Flight' laurels, to honor aviation pioneer Whitehead

... to the proclamation, by aviation pioneer Whitehead, whose early exploits in flying in both Fairfield and Bridgeport preceded by several years the much more widely celebrated 1903 flight by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright in Kitty Hawk, N.C. ...



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