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JoeF wrote:Nice find, Rick !
I will work the image and post presentation.
Hängegleiter is one of the words in German that is used concerning hang gliders. Perhaps a seeing of German text produced the English newspaper in 1929 to caption the hang glider with the string "Hange Glider".
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Thursday 31 October 1929, page 32
The following link might not serve in time, not sure:
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/printArticleJpg/37678828/3?print=n
A machine transcription of text of the article might contain some errors, so caution on that:
GLIDING AND SAIL-FLYING.
Germany's Thrilling Sport.
The glider, or motorless aeroplane, which has been developed chiefly in Germany and is highly popular there, owes not a little to the air lore of the birds. Man has ac- quired by experiment much of the know- ledge which birds instinctively possess about thc ways of the air. He has learnt, for example, bow to take advantage of vertical air currents to help bim in keep- ing au engineless machine aloft; in fact, these upward currents form the chief natural support of the glider;
The pilot, ensconced in his machine, al- most feels as if he were part of it, and were himself fitted with wings and tail. The accompanying illustrations (says "The Illustrated London News'') provide .an in- teresting comparison between the man made mechanical glider and one of the most skilful gliders in Nature-the alba- tross, which soars along for hours beside and around ships at sea, with only a slight and occasional movement of its out- spread wings. Edgar Dittmar, the well known German exponent of gliding, is seen rising from the southern slopes of Wasserkuppe, in his glider, "Schloss Mainberg."
[[ THE MOST PRIMITIVE TYPE OF GLIDER : A "Hange" glider which is started by running against the wind, steered by body weight and landed by lowering the legs, lt is seen the moment before landing.]] (image caption)
Germany is the home of the glider, which has been developed there in numerous types, and provides a highly popular sport for thousands of young enthusiasts. Many gliding clubs have been formed by students at technical colleges and Universities. The fact that Germany has specialised in this form of flying is due, perhaps to the ori- ginal provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, restricting the use of aircraft of the usual kind fitted with engines. -Among the chief German gliding grounds are the Wasserkuppe district, which bas suitable eloping hills and air currents; and thc sand dunes at Kossitten, in East Prussia.
Gliders, it may be recalled, were used at first hy the pioneers of aviation-the brothers Wright-and Lilienthal. In the modern German gliders, by taking skillful advantage of vertical air currents, it is possible to cover long distances, and to remain in the air for many bours. When an air current hits a hillside, it rushes upwards, and, by starting against it, a glider easily ascends. Upward" currents produce cumulus clouds, and gliders "hang" under them to rise.
The late Ferdinand Schulz, the most successful of German glider pilots, killed recently in au accident to a light aero- plane, made a world record duration flight of fourteen hours in his glider, "Westpreus cen," on May 3, 1927, and he also made a record glider duration flight with a pas- senger-nine hours 21 minutes. The occu- pants of a glider can talk as easily as in a room, owing to the absence of engine noise. Aa Altitude record for gliders was made by Dittmar, who rose to 2,542ft., directly* above the spot from which he took off, by means of vertical currents and cumulus clouds.
[[ ONE OF NATURE'S GLIDERS : An albatross "banking" - a remarkable monoplane-like effect.]] (image caption)
The Germans distinguish themselves by gliding and sail-flying. In ordinary gliding the machine continues to lose altitude till it lands, whereas in sail-flyiug. though pointing downward, it is raised by air current«. Simple gliders are often start- ed by merely sliding or being pulled down a hill, but for the sail-flying type au elastic rope is used to catapult the machine into the air. One grouud party pulls the rope in front, while another holds on to the tail until told to let go.
I clipped the main image:
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