Connecticut Honors Aviator Reputed To Fly Before Wrights

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — An aviator who Connecticut officials say beat the Wright brothers in being the first in flight by two years has been honored.
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim and other officials joined family members of Gustave Whitehead in the city Monday to recognize him and the 116th anniversary of what state officials have called the “first manned, controlled flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft.”
Connecticut officials say the