Complex sentence: In 1928 Connecticut suspended his pilot license for trying to fly under the Whittemore Memorial Bridge in Naugatuck.According to local Naugatuck tradition, the wing span of his aircraft was much longer than the width of the center arch of the bridge.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1928 Connecticut suspended his pilot license for trying to fly under the Whittemore Memorial Bridge in Naugatuck. With reference to local Naugatuck tradition: the wing span of his aircraft was much longer than the width of the center arch of the bridge.