Widely Rejected: Did Gustave Whitehead Fly Before The Wright Brothers?

December 17th, 1903, is widely accepted as the birth of powered heavier-than-air flight, with the Wright Brothers entering the history books with their Wright Flyer aircraft on that date. However, more than two years beforehand, in August 1901, Gustave Whitehead claimed to have taken to the air in his 'Whitehead No. 21.'

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