Wright brothers flew 2 years after Gustav Whitehead, researcher claims
"Were we wrong about the Wright Brothers?"
"That's the shocking claim by Australian aviation historian John Brown, who told FoxNews.com he has photographic proof that German immigrant Gustav Whitehead flew over Connecticut in 1901 -- Orville and Wilbur were second."
"'Two years, four months, and three days before the Wright brothers, somebody else flew first,' Brown said via phone from Germany. 'It’s really a radical revision of the history of aviation.'"
The rest of the article is here.
"Did you ever wonder why the middle school in Grass Valley is named Lyman Gilmore? He built a steam-powered airplane and claimed that he flew it on May 15, 1902." Half a year before the Wright Brothers!
Check out this article on Scott Hopper's blog about Lyman Gilmore.
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