Gustave Whitehead: "First in Flight"Learn why Gustave Whitehead (Gustav Weißkopf) is credited with making the world's first powered airplane flight, in 1901.
Suggested solution for first in flight controversy
A suggested solution for the ‘ first in flight controversy ‘: universally recognize Gustave Whitehead as “first in powered flight”; the Wrights as “developers of the first practical airplane”. “First” is first!