Title Gustave Whitehead : "First in flight" : hidden history of Gustave Whitehead & the Wrights / by Susan O'Dwyer Brinchman.

Publication Info.

La Mesa, CA : Apex Educational Media, 2015.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	629.13 BRINCHMAN	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition
Description	432 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (page 423-424) and index.
Summary	Presents evidence for Gustave Whitehead's claim to have preceded the Wright Brothers in powered flight by two years with a flight in Fairfield, Connecticut on August 14, 1901. The book also provides other details on Whitehead's life and accomplishments. Numerous quotes from primary sources are included.
Subject	Whitehead, Gustave, 1874-1927.
	Aeronautics -- United States -- History.
	Aeronautics -- Connecticut -- History.
	Aeronautical engineers -- Connecticut -- Biography.
	Airplanes -- Connecticut -- History.
	Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912.
	Wright, Orville, 1871-1948.
	Whitehead, Gustave, 1874-1927. (OCoLC)fst00087643
	Wright, Orville, 1871-1948. (OCoLC)fst00039096
	Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912. (OCoLC)fst00039097
	Aeronautical engineers. (OCoLC)fst00798266
	Aeronautics. (OCoLC)fst00798293
	Airplanes. (OCoLC)fst00803053
	Connecticut. (OCoLC)fst01205688
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	Hidden history of Gustave Whitehead & the Wrights
ISBN	0692439307
	9780692439302

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