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1910
1910 - 0139.PDF
FEBRUARY 26, 1910. GLIDING AT SEMMERING has lost its glory as a hill-climb for motors, but it would appear that it might recover it with the new sport of gliding. On the 16th inst. a competition was arranged for gliders without motors, and some very interesting sport was the result. In the end Fraulein i/DGHT] SEMMERING. Fraulein Ehrenzweig had the misfortune to break her machine in a subsequent trial through making a sudden turn. ;*m.| It will be seen that the gliders are taken to' the top of a snow-covered slope and then allowed to slide SK1-GHOING IN THE SEMMERING.—The two top pictures an Rittmeister von UmlaufPs biplane; and below is seen the Brunner-Hoffmann machine bjfore and after the sporting glides. Ehrenzweig proved to be the winner of the first prize, her mount being a monoplane, while Capt.Umlauff was second on a biplane. We give several illustrations taken from the Allgemeine Zeitung of Vienna, showing these two competitors during the trials. By a piece of ill-luck down, being accelerated by the willing help of the onlookers. When sufficient impetus has been obtained the pilot operates the elevating plane, and the machine rises and glides for a distance varying with the speed attained. SKI'GLIDING IN THE SEMMERING.—Frauleiri Ehrenzweig, on a "Knoller" monoplane, secured first prize. On the left she is seen ready for the start down for the glide, and on the right is the machine after it came to grief during the second * flight." 135 C
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