Breaking News Alert! “Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight” by Susan Brinchman is now available, for sale at Amazon’s CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/4406920, and by June 2, on Amazon.com.
“Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight” presents new, compelling evidence to credit Gustave Whitehead as “first in powered flight” and inventor of the airplane. This book reveals the fascinating truth about Whitehead’s successful powered flights in Connecticut, more than two years before the Wrights flew at Kitty Hawk. Learn the startling reasons why the Wright brothers aren’t “first in flight”, as you enter the hidden history of early aviation.
Good point! CT’s state legislators have been the targets of a strategic blitz by out-of-staters to stifle Whitehead recognition, in an attempt to deter votes for a bill that would establish an annual Gustave Whitehead Day. Certain entities find Wright recognition very profitable, and thus, don’t want Whitehead as a viable contender for “first powered flight”. This “cold war” has gone on for 80 years, behind the scenes, but has lately emerged into an open warfare of missives and words, since Gustave Whitehead was recognized by Jane’s All the World Aircraft as “first in flight”, ahead of the Wrights, in March, 2013. The State of CT officially recognized Whitehead as “first in powered flight”, several months later. Since then a large number of targets have received fire, including the State of Connecticut’s elected officials, Jane’s corporate office in Colorado, their editor, Paul Jackson, and all past Whitehead researchers and authors. Historically, any time Whitehead has been described as “first in flight”, whoever dared say this became the object of silencing. For there is a major campaign which has endured a hundred years, to recognize Orville as “first”, locked into a tainted legal contract since 1948 with the Smithsonian and all its 200 affiliates. There have been regular doses of syrupy Wright stories (unfortunately) like McCullough’s and those written by Smithsonian curators, to “re-educate” the public into thinking the Wrights were not only “first” but sainted – including the false information that Whitehead didn’t leave the ground. I encourage the State Senators to proceed – vote unanimously for SB 772, to further recognize Connecticut inventor Gustave Whitehead as inventor of the airplane, first in powered flight, and to establish August 14th of each year to celebrate Gustave Whitehead Day, in honor of this very special Connecticut aviation pioneer. As a longtime Whitehead researcher, and author of a new book, “Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight”, set to be released by May 31, I know those flights were made in the summer of 1901, fully two years ahead of the Wrights. Vote YES! For more information, go to http://www.gustavewhitehead.info.
Breaking News Alert! “Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight” by Susan Brinchman is now available, for sale at Amazon’s CreateSpace eStore: https://www.createspace.com/4406920, and by June 2, on Amazon.com.
“Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight” presents new, compelling evidence to credit Gustave Whitehead as “first in powered flight” and inventor of the airplane. This book reveals the fascinating truth about Whitehead’s successful powered flights in Connecticut, more than two years before the Wrights flew at Kitty Hawk. Learn the startling reasons why the Wright brothers aren’t “first in flight”, as you enter the hidden history of early aviation.
Good point! CT’s state legislators have been the targets of a strategic blitz by out-of-staters to stifle Whitehead recognition, in an attempt to deter votes for a bill that would establish an annual Gustave Whitehead Day. Certain entities find Wright recognition very profitable, and thus, don’t want Whitehead as a viable contender for “first powered flight”. This “cold war” has gone on for 80 years, behind the scenes, but has lately emerged into an open warfare of missives and words, since Gustave Whitehead was recognized by Jane’s All the World Aircraft as “first in flight”, ahead of the Wrights, in March, 2013. The State of CT officially recognized Whitehead as “first in powered flight”, several months later. Since then a large number of targets have received fire, including the State of Connecticut’s elected officials, Jane’s corporate office in Colorado, their editor, Paul Jackson, and all past Whitehead researchers and authors. Historically, any time Whitehead has been described as “first in flight”, whoever dared say this became the object of silencing. For there is a major campaign which has endured a hundred years, to recognize Orville as “first”, locked into a tainted legal contract since 1948 with the Smithsonian and all its 200 affiliates. There have been regular doses of syrupy Wright stories (unfortunately) like McCullough’s and those written by Smithsonian curators, to “re-educate” the public into thinking the Wrights were not only “first” but sainted – including the false information that Whitehead didn’t leave the ground. I encourage the State Senators to proceed – vote unanimously for SB 772, to further recognize Connecticut inventor Gustave Whitehead as inventor of the airplane, first in powered flight, and to establish August 14th of each year to celebrate Gustave Whitehead Day, in honor of this very special Connecticut aviation pioneer. As a longtime Whitehead researcher, and author of a new book, “Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight”, set to be released by May 31, I know those flights were made in the summer of 1901, fully two years ahead of the Wrights. Vote YES! For more information, go to http://www.gustavewhitehead.info.