Book on Whitehead strengthens first-in-flight claim

"Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight" is available at www.gustavewhiteheadbook.com, Amazon; local libraries: Fairfield, Stratford, Bridgeport, and Pequot ; the Fairfield Museum Photo: Contributed Photo / Contributed Photo "Gustave Whitehead: First in Flight" is available at www.gustavewhiteheadbook.com, Amazon; local libraries: Fairfield, Stratford, Bridgeport, and Pequot ; the Fairfield Museum at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair that the Wrights began to press their claim to have been first in the air, Brinchman said. Whitehead even opened a factory on Cherry Street in Bridgeport to manufacture planes to sell to the public, Brinchman said, but an investor pulled out before any planes could be sold.

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