Gustave Albin Whitehead In 2013 Jane's All The World's Aircraft recognized Whitehead as making the first manned, powered, controlled flight in its 100th anniversary edition. This reignited the debate over who flew first. On June 26, 2013 Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a measure which specifies that Powered Flight Day is in honor of the first powered flight by Gustave Whitehead, rather than the Wright Brothers. en.wikipedia.org/...Gustave Albin Whitehead In 2013 Jane's All The World's Aircraft recognized Whitehead as making the first manned, powered, controlled flight in its 100th anniversary edition. This reignited the debate over who flew first. On June 26, 2013 Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a measure which specifies that Powered Flight Day is in honor of the first powered flight by Gustave Whitehead, rather than the Wright Brothers. en.wikipedia.org/...
Gustave Albin Whitehead In 2013 Jane's All The World's Aircraft recognized Whitehead as making the first manned, powered, controlled flight in its 100th anniversary edition. This reignited the debate over who flew first. On June 26, 2013 Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law a measure which specifies that Powered Flight Day is in honor of the first powered flight by Gustave Whitehead, rather than the Wright Brothers. en.wikipedia.org/...