Gustave Whitehead – 1st in Flight Two Years BEFORE Wright Brothers

Touch a full size replica!  Andy Kosch, will be present all day with the full sized replica of Gustave Whitehead’s aircraft.

Kosch, the project president, and a member of the Board of Directors at the Air and Space Center in Stratford, helped to build and fly the replica. The aircraft was flown in 1901 first in Fairfield, then in Bridgeport and Stratford, two years before the Wright Brothers flew their aircraft in North Carolina. Bring your camera and pose for a picture in front of the Condor. Find out why the original aircraft produced less pollution than the planes that followed.
Please visit the Gustave Whitehead web site to learn more about this amazing, local hero!