Gunther was also instrumental in the state legislature's designation of Igor Sikorsky as a Connecticut Aviation Pioneer, and sponsored a bill supporting Gustav Whitehead's claim to having achieved controlled powered heavier-than-air flight in Bridgeport, two years before the Wright brothers' Kitty Hawk flight.
ɡˈʌnθɚ wʌz ˈɔːlsoʊ ˌɪnstɹəmˈɛntəl ɪnðə stˈeɪt lˈɛdʒɪslətʃɚz dˌɛzɪɡnˈeɪʃən ʌv ˈiːɡoːɹ sɪkˈoːɹski æz ɐ kənˈɛɾɪkət ˌeɪvɪˈeɪʃən paɪənˈɪɹ, ænd spˈɑːnsɚd ɐ bˈɪl səpˈoːɹɾɪŋ ɡˈʌstæv wˈaɪthɛdz klˈeɪm tə hˌævɪŋ ɐtʃˈiːvd kəntɹˈoʊld pˈaʊɚd hˈɛviɚðɐnˈɛɹ flˈaɪt ɪn bɹˈɪdʒpoːɹt, tˈuː jˈɪɹz bᵻfˌoːɹ ðə ɹˈaɪt bɹˈʌðɚz kˈɪɾi hˈɔːk flˈaɪt.