First Selectman Michael Tetreau has granted historical preservationists a brief delay on the planned demolition of a Fairfield house built and owned by aviation pioneer Gustave Whitehead, who some ...

One hundred and twelve years ago today, by the accounts of any number of eyewitnesses, 27-year-old German immigrant and inventor Gustave Whitehead got off the ground in Fairfield in an airplane of his ...

This collection consists of manuscripts and articles written by Charles H. Gibbs-Smith, in which he refutes Whitehead's claims. The collection contains the following manuscripts: 'The Flight Claims of ...

“Who was first?” is a question often linked to inventions, particularly those inventions that have changed the course of history, such as the airplane. When it comes to the 1903 flight of Orville and ...

Early last year, freelance aviation historian John Brown sat in the office of the curator of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, home of the 1903 Wright Flyer, the plane widely considered ...

Fairfield has officially joined the First in Flight fight. First Selectman Michael Tetreau issued a proclamation Wednesday declaring it to be Gustave Whitehead Day in town, recognizing Aug. 14 as the ...

Ohio and North Carolina drew a line on the tarmac Thursday in the fight over who was first to make a powered airplane flight. Ohio license plates proclaim the state is the “Birthplace of Aviation” ...

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Gustave Whitehead is not a household name in the United States, but fans of the aviation pioneer who contend he conducted a manned flight with a powered engine ...

Ohio and North Carolina drew a line on the tarmac Thursday in the fight over who was first to make a powered airplane flight. Ohio license plates proclaim the state is the "Birthplace of Aviation" ...