European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Right or wrong continued ram Page 13 spearheaded by i he research of forts of Stella Randolph a Connecticut native who began investigating the Shiloh each claim in 1934 and William o Dwyer a retired air Force major the committee insists is evidence in the loft of photographs design drawings sworn witness affidavits and newspaper accounts irom 1901. Proves that Whitehead was the first person in Moton Jed flight. Of Weir Al tools have consistently met with resistance from officials at Tho smithsonian considered by Many As the lop authority on manned flight one reason Lor their resistance says Lechner. Is the presence of a contract signed in november t948 by the Secretary of the smithsonian institution and Tho agents Tor the heirs of the Wright Brothers the contract was obtained by the Commilles Only after direct help from Connecticut sen Lowell Wicker Jias Parl of the agreement the agents or Tho Wright Brothers a void to Sefi to the smithsonian Tor $1 the origins Wright aeroplane of 1903. In return. The agents dictated exactly where and How it was to be displayed Ond that the plaque accompanying it must always stale that the aeroplane was the world s first Power driven header tart air machine in which Man made free controlled and sustained flight More important than the plaque however was he wording of a Small Type paragraph near the end of the contract. It Stales neither the smithsonian institution or ils successors nor any museum of other Agency Bureau or facilities administered for the United Stales of America by the smithsonian institution or its successors Stian publish or permit to be displayed a statement or Label in connection to Vii or in respect of any aircraft Model or design of earlier Date than the Wright aeroplane of 1903, claiming in effect that such aircraft was capable of carrying a Man under its own Power in controlled high.11 Lechner said his Corn Millee interprets this statement As the Wright Brothers agents successful All empt at rewriting history. The committee claims Whitehead. Using an Otto Lilienthal glider he monoplane powered by a self cons ruled acetylene motor. Hew his number 21 1 on aug 14, 1901.infairfinld. Conn. A newspaper reporter from who Bridgeport herself a who witnessed the flight said the Craft Rose to a height of 50 feet and soared few at least half a mile Weisskopf was bpm in leu Ermshausen in 1874 and came to the United Stales in 1890, where he changed his name to Gustave while head and worked in Bridgeport As a fitter and Mechanic. Unable to pursue his aviation experiments for Lack of Money his pioneering aviation efforts Sank into oblivion and he died forgotten in 1927 in Fairfield he never became a . Citizen. Through documents Loos engines and photos displayed Al the Gustav Weisskopf museum in leu Ermshausen the committee Alle pts to demonstrate that while head was not just a backyard tinkerer he was an accomplished Mechanic Engineer inventor and aeronaut he built Lilienthal Type gliders in Boston in 1897. And conducted his first experiments in the Field of powered monoplane in Pennsylvania in 1893, before moving to Bridgeport in 1900. The museum is open daiy except saturdays. 10 a m to noon and wednesday also 2 to 4 p m. Exhibits Aro explained in English for an appointment Wilh a g Ido. Call 09823-6923 there is no admission fee but donations Are accepted Leuter Hausen is 35 Miles Southwest of Nurnberg Between Ansbach and Fiot Wiburg of Der Tauber Mauriene Diothia a a Contr for in 1si armied do sip of a and a. In ans Fli. Ulm by aviation Pioneer Gustav Weiskopt Gustavo Whitehea carrying a self designed and Selt Conal Nicod air cooled two Cylinder motor. The building in which the Gustav Weiss opt museum la housed dates Back to the 14th Century it was completely rebuilt in 1e23-24. Matthias Lechner chairman Ota committee trying to gain recognition or Weisskopf is pictured below at the museum in Leuters Gusen Germany. Page 14 the stars and stripes monday