We Believe! The recent article written in Jane’s All the World Aircraft that verifies Gustave Whitehead flew his plane on August 14, 1901. We here at the Bridgeport Public Library’s History Center have scads of articles on file that support this. We Believe in Gustave Whitehead! Here is an ...
WCVB - Boston television interview on Gustave Whitehead with Mary Witkowski, BHC Head, Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch, et. al. INTERVIEW - "Wright Brothers: Wrong Story?"
Igor Sikorsky experimented in building helicopters first in his native Russia and then in the United States. His first successful launching of a direct lift helicopter was on September 14, 1939, in Stratford. Sikorsky built his first helicopter assembly line on South Avenue in Bridgeport ...
By Carolyn Ivanoff One of my father’s favorite stories about growing up on Bridgeport’s East Side was the day the Hindenburg flew over St. Mary’s School. He remembered that the nuns let all the students out of school to view the massive aircraft. Seeing the Hindenburg ...
