Wittemann is known to have installed Whitehead motors in several planes. Below, two of them are shown; Barberton Biplane (pictured in "Jane's" - note Wittemann sign in the background) and Charles Miller's biplane (pictured in "Aircraft", below that):

The Barberton biplane was financed by citizens and corporations of the small, Ohio town of the same name. $864 was paid for the motor - according to Jane's, a Whitehead. The aircraft first flew on June 18, 1910. On the last flight that day, pilot Michael J.Paridon, navigated a full circle. On July 2, 1910, Paridon stalled at a height of 100 ft. and crashed. Neither he nor the aircraft ever flew again.

Charles W. Miller of Chicago, Illinois, had been a famous cyclist, competing internationally, before getting involved in aviation. He had competed in six-day races at Madison Square Garden, winning in 1897, 1898 & 1899. There, he was known as the "Flying Dutchman".

His entry to aeronautics was celebrated with great fanfare by the press and made front-page news across the USA. His first event was the Chicago to New York Air Race. 

Miller registered for the race under a psydonym (H.S.K.). Once his identity became known, he refused to give details about who built his aeroplane (Wittemann) or his engine (Whitehead), saying it was a secret. All he would say was:

"The engine of my aeroplane is a four-cylinder one and capable of developing more power than any now used in aviation." (see NY Tribune, below)



“The powerplant comprises a 75-h.p. Whitehead motor from which there is good reason to expect a large degree of efficiency. The engine is of the improved two-cycle type with eight port exhausts to each cylinder. No carburettors are used, special Whitehead vaporizers being provided, one for each cyclinder. Each cylinder is thus a complete working motor in itself."