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H. C. R. No. 63 As Reported by the House Policy and Legislative Oversight CommitteeAs Reported by the House Policy and Legislative Oversight Committee 130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Rosenberger, Butler, O'Brien, Barborak, Baker, Buchy, Ruhl, Thompson, Adams, R., Brenner, Terhar, Strahorn, Winburn, Bishoff, Damschroder
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION | To repudiate the claim by the State of Connecticut
that Gustave Whitehead successfully flew a
powered, heavier than air machine of his own
design on August 14, 1901, or on any other date.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE SENATE CONCURRING):
WHEREAS, From time to time some individuals, publishers, and
lawmakers revive the claim that Gustave Whitehead (1874-1927), a
resident of Connecticut, made a sustained, powered flight in a
heavier than air machine at Bridgeport on August 14, 1901, two
years before the Wright brothers of Dayton, Ohio, flew on December
17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; and |
WHEREAS, The Governor of Connecticut signed into law on June
26, 2013, "an Act Concerning Government Administration"; and |
WHEREAS, The law replaces the Wright brothers with Gustave
Whitehead as the person to be honored for the first powered flight
on Connecticut's Powered Flight Day each year; and |
WHEREAS, The law provides no evidence that Gustave Whitehead
ever designed, built, and flew a successful powered flying
machine; and |
WHEREAS, Scholarly research by respected and academically
credentialed historians over many decades have found no evidence
to substantiate the Whitehead claims; and |
WHEREAS, A publicized digital image, purported to be an
enhanced copy of a photograph that shows Gustave Whitehead's 1901
machine in flight, reveals only indistinct shapes; and |
WHEREAS, The North Carolina General Assembly previously
repudiated a similar claim in 1985; and |
WHEREAS, The states of Ohio and North Carolina share and
cherish the legacy of the Wright brothers, who lived and built the
first powered airplane in Dayton, Ohio, and made their first
powered flight on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North
Carolina; and |
WHEREAS, The United States National Park Service preserves
the factual history of the invention of the airplane and the first
powered flights in the Wright Brothers National Memorial at Kill
Devil Hills, North Carolina, and the Dayton Aviation Heritage
National Historical Park and the National Aviation Heritage Area
in southwestern Ohio; now therefore be it |
RESOLVED, That Gustave Whitehead did not fly a powered,
heavier than air machine of his own design on August 14, 1901, or
on any other date; and be it further |
RESOLVED, That the citizens of North Carolina and Ohio invite
the citizens of Connecticut to learn the truth about the invention
of the airplane and the first powered flights by visiting the
Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina and the Dayton
Aviation Heritage National Historical Park and the National
Aviation Heritage Area in Ohio. |
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