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The Flight That Wasn’t?
In the end, the fabric of Whitehead’s case is left in tatters. If nothing else, Whitehead failed as a publicist, something at which the Wrights excelled. After all, Wilbur and Orville’s very first telegram announcing their successful first flight included just one command: “Inform press!”
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Years after his purported history-making flight, Whitehead supporters pieced together a machine they believed duplicated the inventor’s, even though Whitehead left precious few instructions or printed plans. Later, one of these models, equipped with modern engines, actually flew. |
Whitehead supporters haven’t let the issue rest. For years, they have pestered officials at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington to probe into the Whitehead case until evidence turns up to back their claim. Museum curators flatly refuse to open the case, and Whitehead’s case, to say nothing of his original airplane, has no chance of getting off the ground.
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Chapter 3
Barnstormers and Other Risk Takers
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V’ Early pilots who tempted fate ► The most daring men: barnstormers V Air mail takes its first dangerous steps
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As with any technological revolution, aviation in its adolescence had its share of daredevils who probed its boundaries. Those death-defying pilots of the early Air Age not only discovered some unforgiving barriers— namely the ground or a building—but they also succeeded in bringing the new pursuit of flying to a curious public.
