Bavaria: Gustav Weißkopf, the Franconian aviation pioneer – Bavaria

You’re standing in front of the new museum in the middle of the week, the hammer drills are rattling left and right 48 hours before the house opens, but the most important question has to come out first, it’s no use: Who invented it? Was it the Franconian-born Gustav Weißkopf who was responsible for the first powered flight in history? Or was it the world-famous Wright Brothers – as everyone probably heard in class?

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