{"id":864,"date":"2013-03-15T08:22:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T13:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/?p=864"},"modified":"2013-03-15T08:22:15","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T13:22:15","slug":"gustave-albin-whitehead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/gustave-albin-whitehead\/","title":{"rendered":"Gustave Albin Whitehead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gustave Albin Whitehead, born Gustav Albin Weisskopf (1 January 1874 \u2013 10 October 1927) was an aviation pioneer who emigrated from Germany to the U.S., where he designed and built early flying machines and engines from 1897 to 1915. Whitehead reportedly flew several times in his own powered aircraft designs in 1901 and 1902, before the Wright Brothers historic 1903 flights near Kitty Hawk. These claims, though supported by researchers in the 1930s and later, have been examined and dismissed by some mainstream aviation historians, especially those associated with the Smithsonian Institution.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gustave_Whitehead\">Click here for more on Gustave<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gustave Albin Whitehead, born Gustav Albin Weisskopf (1 January 1874 \u2013 10 October 1927) was an aviation pioneer who emigrated from Germany to the U.S., where he designed and built early flying machines and engines from 1897 to 1915. Whitehead reportedly flew several times in his own powered aircraft designs in 1901 and 1902, before [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p95FsX-dW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2495,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/flymall-wheels-wings-july-2018-newsletter\/","url_meta":{"origin":864,"position":0},"title":"Flymall Wheels &#038; Wings July 2018 Newsletter","date":"July 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to the Flymall Wheels & Wings July 2018 newsletter.\u00a0 Lots to talk about this month. 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