A sharp difference of opinion continues among aviation researchers and historians over Whitehead's work. Some believe that he was the first human to fly a powered heavier-than-air machine, while others believe none of his powered machines ever flew and that he contributed nothing to aviation.
Sparks, Maryland. Sparks is an unincorporated community that is located in Baltimore County, Maryland, USA. It is situated approximately 20 miles north of Baltimore, Maryland and is considered to be a suburb of the City of Baltimore. The Gunpowder River runs through Sparks.
Among the Sparkses who were listed on the 1850 census of Georgia which was published in the December 1982 issue of the Quarterly, Whole No. 120, there was a family in Union County headed by 1.2.1.2.1.5.7 George Sparks.