This undated picture provided by the Weisskopf Museum shows a portrait of aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead. Connecticut's leading role in aviation has never been disputed, but in June 2013, ...

“Who was first?” is a question often linked to inventions, particularly those inventions that have changed the course of history, such as the airplane. When it comes to the 1903 flight of Orville and ...

A state representative will rally Ohio lawmakers to declare the Wright brothers the first to fly an airplane after the state of Connecticut contended Gustave Whitehead beat the Dayton brothers in ...

The ongoing battle between historians over who was really first in flight was rekindled last week. New research advances the theory that a German immigrant in Connecticut is responsible for the first ...

BRIDGEPORT - Connecticut officials will gather in Bridgeport to honor an aviator they proclaim beat the Wright brothers by two years in being the first in flight. A ceremony is scheduled Monday to ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio >> An Ohio lawmaker has given a framed copy of his resolution rejecting Connecticut’s claim that another aviator beat the Wright brothers as first in flight to an aviation history ...

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A celebration to honor the 112th anniversary of Gustave Whitehead’s historic first flight will take place Saturday, Aug. 17 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Discovery Museum and Planetarium, 4450 Park Ave., ...

The Gustave Whitehead Advocacy Committee is thanking state Rep. Larry Miller, whose district includes a part of Shelton, for his role in promoting Connecticut as being “First in Powered Flight.” ...

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Gustave Whitehead is not a household name in the United States, but fans of the aviation pioneer who contend he conducted a manned flight with a powered engine ...

Everyone knows the story of the first manned airplane flight, right? The Ohio-based Wright Brothers flew a biplane more than 850 feet across North Carolina’s Outer Banks in December of 1903. That ...

Today, Wilbur and Orville Wright are as synonymous with the first to achieve powered flight as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are with the first to walk on the moon. But it wasn’t always so. In a four ...