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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.
Gustave Whitehead (nacido Gustav Albin Weißkopf; Leutershausen, Baviera; 1 de enero de 1874-Bridgeport, Connecticut; 10 de octubre de 1927) fue un aviador alemán, uno de los pioneros de la aviación.
Gustave Whitehead, born 1874, died 1927. A steam engine built by Whitehead. This was similar to the steam engines used by Locomobile, a Bridgeport automobile manufacturer where he had worked. Whitehead seated with his daughter Rose beside the "No.21," built in 1901. He claimed to have made short flights in this aircraft.
20 de dic. de 2023 · Gustave Albin Weißkopf (Gustave Whitehead), nació en el seno de una familia humilde, en Leutershausen (Baviera), el 1 de enero de 1874.
17 de dic. de 2021 · A group of historians challenges the first-flight claims of the Wright brothers, contending that Gustave Whitehead beat them to the punch by two years and four months in 1901. They present evidence of Whitehead's achievements, such as powered flight, roadable airplanes, and silk wings, and accuse the Wrights of tampering with history.
6 de abr. de 2013 · A curator of the museum explains why he rejects the claims of Gustave Whitehead, a German-born American inventor who claimed to have made a powered flight in 1901. He cites evidence from news articles, testimonies, and a photograph of his Number 22 machine that has not been seen since 1906. He argues that Whitehead's designs were outdated and his experiments were inconclusive.
Gustave Albin Whitehead (nacido Gustav Albin Weisskopf; 1 de enero de 1874 - 10 de octubre de 1927) fue un pionero de la aviación que emigró de Alemania a los Estados Unidos, donde diseñó y construyó planeadores, máquinas voladoras y motores entre 1897 y 1915.