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Connecticut Says It Was Their State That Had the First Flight in History
Connecticut Says It Was Their State That Had the First Flight in History
Connecticut Says It Was Their State That Had the First Flight in History
Last week it came up again, who was the first person to fly in an airplane? Connecticut says it was their state, not North Carolina, that had the first flight by German immigrant Gustav Whitehead. They claim August 14, 1901 was when Whitehead flew at an altitude of 50 feet for a half a mile. The date is two years earlier than the Wright Brothers.