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Gustave Albin Whitehead (born Gustav Albin Weisskopf; 1 January 1874 – 10 October 1927) was an aviation pioneer who emigrated from Germany to the United States where he designed and built gliders, flying machines, and engines between 1897 and 1915.
- Claimed flights 1901–1902
- 10 October 1927 (aged 53), Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.
- Louise Tuba Whitehead
The memory of Gustave Whitehead's aeronautical experiments faded as powered flight became a reality. They were briefly resurrected in 1913 during the "Patent Wars" between the Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss' lawyers raised the possibility that Whitehead and others may have preceded the Wrights in powered flight.
6 apr 2013 · Tom Crouch, a senior curator at the National Air and Space Museum, argues that Whitehead's claims of powered flights in 1901 and 1902 are unfounded and contradictory. He compares Whitehead's designs with the Wright brothers' documented achievements and questions his motives and memory.
17 dic 2021 · Gustave Whitehead and the First-Flight Controversy. Long-festering intrigues surface as a group challenges the first-flight claims of the Wright brothers, contending that Gustave Whitehead beat them to the punch. by Frank Delear 6/12/2012. Share This Article.
Learn about Gustave Whitehead, the German immigrant who invented, built, and flew the world's first successful powered airplane in 1901, predated by the Wrights by 28 months. Explore his story, witnesses, documents, and controversies in this comprehensive website.
14 dic 2023 · Gustav Weißkopf, later known as Gustave Whitehead, was a German-American aviation pioneer who allegedly made the first powered flight in 1901. Learn about his life, his aircraft, his controversies and his legacy in this article by the German Federal Archives.
5 mag 2013 · Aviation historian John Brown claims that Gustave Whitehead flew the first airplane in 1897, six years before the Wright brothers. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum disputes this claim and cites the Wright Flyer contract as evidence.
