First Flight: Conquest of the Skies
Who gets credit for the world's first motorized flight? We're all taught that Orville and Wilbur Wright flew first in December 1903. Australian aviation expert John Brown argues that German-born Gustave Whitehead flew before in 1901. The Smithsonian Museum agreed that it would never claim that anyone flew before the Wrights to display the Wright flyer. History may not be as certain as we thought.
Who gets credit for the world's first motorized flight? We're all taught that Orville and Wilbur Wright flew first in December 1903. Australian aviation expert John Brown argues that German-born Gustave Whitehead flew before in 1901. The Smithsonian Museum agreed that it would never claim that anyone flew before the Wrights to display the Wright flyer. History may not be as certain as we thought.
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