To: Hiddigeigei
There is considerable evidence (newspaper reports, witnesses) that Gustave Whitehead (Weisskopf) flew over a mile in Connecticut at least two years before the Wright Brothers. The Wright brothers visited him and got the idea of the airfoil propeller from him. He credited the Wrights with starting the development of the aircraft industry and said his design, although it flew pretty well, wasnt going any further. A replica of Whiteheads airplane can be seen flying at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ucm80BYUXEE Wow, thanks for this, I never heard of it before!
40 posted on
12/17/2014 2:51:40 PM PST by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: Talisker
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