Replica of Gustave Whitehead Aircraft

Replica of Gustave Whitehead Aircraft

Whitehead, Gustave (1874-1927)
Aeronautics -- United States -- History

Overhead view of the replica of Whitehead's "No. 21" aircraft, created for a test run in 1986. 

Gustave Whitehead, a German immigrant experimented with flight at the beginning of the 20th century. In 2013, the aviation "bible" Jane's All About Aircraft concluded from a study of the evidence (long debated) that Whitehead flew before the Wright brothers in 1901.

O'Dwyer, William

William O'Dwyer Whitehead Research Collection, MS B107

1986

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