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1949
1949 - 1733.PDF
SWITZERLAND (3) Dr. Stocklin, of Zurich, in a Miles Whitney Straight, was one of the prizewinners in the aggregate points competition. Note the downward-and-forward observation panel beneath the windscreen. (4) United Nations at Basle Airport: seen here, left to right, are Marcel Doret (France), Frau and Herr Koepke (Switzerland) and their daughter, Jan Anderle (Czechoslovakia), and Mme. and M. Willi Farner (Switzerland). (5) Inside: Lunch in the hangar at Grenchen, in the Jura Mountains. (6) Outside: Participants' aircraft lined up during lunch at Grenchen. (7) On the flight from Locarno to Basle—country over which even the sweetest engine often sounds a little rough. (8) Mme. Olive Marmol, wife of the well-known Czech sailplane pilot, goes aboard her husband's British-registered Proctor. (9) Tri-lingual briefing by Capt. H. Schreiber and Herr E. Lauber (right) assisted Major Horning in shepherding the flock safely round the Alps. (10) The Miles Whitney Straight flown by Dr. Max Stocklin (Switzerland) (11) The winner of the "general classification," or aggregate prize: Herr Walter Spahni and his passenger, Herr Klipstein, in the Avia FL5 (12) Major Walo Horning gives information on the next day's flight while minds are still receptive at the Berne banquet. (II) The president of the Italian flying club at Locarno-Magadino addresses the party before the flight across the Alps.
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