Whitehead No. 21
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whitehead-no-21-185-7752722
title:
Whitehead No. 21
text:
The Whitehead No.21 was the aircraft that aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead claimed to have flown near Bridgeport, Connecticut on August 14, 1901. Professional aviation historians and scholars reject claims for the flight. A description and photographs of Whitehead's aircraft appeared in Scientific American in June 1901, stating that the "novel flying machine" had just been completed, and "is now ready for preliminary trials". The flight was reported in the August 18, 1901, issue of the Bridgep
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Aircraft built and supposedly flown by Gustave Whitehead in Bridgeport, CT in 1901
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehead_No._21
date created:
2003-04-12T01:34:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T17:47:31Z
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13
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