[JoeF]

The Beskids or Beskid Mountains is a traditional name for a series of mountain ranges in the Carpathians, stretching from the Czech Republic in the west along the border of Poland with Slovakia up to Ukraine in the east.

Where photo found: HERE
"Witam ! ŻAR 20 lecie lotniarstwa w Beskidach "



Some Polish aviation history: HERE.

[JoeF]

Hat Creek Rim in 2015
Best of Lift

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[JoeF]

Early
Dave Kilbourne
with large diameter wheels
at launch.
Steep incline.

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[JoeF]

ARP posted link to key document about José Weiss 1859-1919

From the document, the following clip:

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Vincent Nicholas Francis Joseph Weiss
known as José Weiss

[JoeF]

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Clipfrom page ARP found: https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1915/1915%20-%200106.html

Seeds as one basis of aviation ....
competes with Otto L. 's birdflight as another basis of aviation.

Maybe: "falling" as a basis of aviation? Fall too hard and presto: no progeny. Fall with less impact: stay around longer? Seeds falling .... and gliding ... : success.

[JoeF]

February. Guads. Rim.
Mike E. seen ready for TO

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[JoeF]

Early hopeful with short and steep incline followed by quick splat

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[JoeF]

One of the Otto Lilienthal inclines:

[[For unwatermarked image: Contact OLM directly.]]

Objekt
Archiv-ID:
12217

Objekt:
Fotografie
Urheber:
Kassner, Carl
Titel:
Otto Lilienthal im Flug mit Derwitzer Apparat
Datum:
1891
Ausführung:
AS - Albumin auf Schmuckkarton
Format:
6,1*7,7
Quelle:
OLM 9278/02/058
Status:
Originalfoto

[JoeF]

Otto Lilienthals artificial hill that he had made:

http://www.lilienthal-museum.de/olma/f0094lf.htm


See his several uses of his hill:
http://www.lilienthal-museum.de/olma/eba1894.htm

[ARP]

"Otto Lilienthal's artificial hill that he had made:"

Stephan Nitsch web site has pictures of the hill as it is now, in a Berlin park. See 'Sites' section:-
http://www.liederknechte.de/jumpnfly/ni.htm