About
German aviation pioneer who worked on powered flight and was active at the same time as the famous Wright Brothers.
Before Fame
He studied in Hamburg and participated in several sea expeditions before attempting to build machines capable of flight.
Trivia
He may have made the first successful flight in 1899. This claim, however, cannot be proven.
Family Life
He was born in Leutershausen, Bavaria, to Karl and Babetta Weisskopf.
Associated With
Several accounts claim that Whitehead shared his engineering knowledge with the Wright Brothers and thus helped them make their historic flight. However, Orville Wright denied that any such meeting ever took place.
