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The fathers of flight are the Wright brothers, right? Maybe not. As National Geographic Daily News reported in May, some aviation historians now believe a German-born inventor named Gustave Whitehead – seen here with his daughter Rose – beat the brothers into the air by as much as three years. Though many experts disagree or remain dubious, an Australian flight historian named John Brown has convinced the aviation bible Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft that an enhanced photograph shows Whitehead flying his plane in Fairfield, Connecticut, on August 14, 1901. Which way this piece of history tilts remains up in the air. (Photograph by Corbis/National Geographic)
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