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1923
1923 - 0535.PDF
SEPTEMBER 6. 1923 THE ESSEN GLIDER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE START : This machine was badly damaged in a crash, the pilot escaping with a sprained ankle. The most promisin g machine of this year's Rhon competi- tion: Herr Martens ' monoplane glider "Strolch ," on which he has covered a distance of 13 kilometres (8 miles). Herr Sthamer starting on the " Bremen '' for a flight to Gersfeld, where he delivered a mail-bag of letters written andj" posted " on the Wasserkuppe. This was probably the first glider air mail. 535 .. . ., . ... . . ..- :" ;'
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