KRONFELD ON GLIDING AND SOARING.pdf - Lakes Gliding Club

CONTENTS
THE STORY OF MOTORLESS HUMAN FLIGHT . . page
i
THE HISTORY OF SOARING FLIGHT . . . -17
TIME BRINGS THE ANSWER ..... 25
SPEEDIER PROGRESS ...... 33
THE WRIGHTS ....... 40
FAMOUS CONTEMPORARIES ..... 45
FRANCE ....... 46
ENGLAND ....... 49
BACK TO GERMANY. ..... 52
TEN YEARS OF COMPETITION TEN YEARS OF EXPERI­
ENCE ....... 54
THE ROUSSEAU OF FLYING . . . -55
RECORDS ........ 62
THE LEAN YEARS ....... 70
ON THE WAY TO SCIENTIFIC FLYING ... 79
OUR EFFORTS REWARDED ..... 90
THE FIRST SIXTY-MILE SOARING FLIGHT. . . 97
SOARING PILOTS REPORT . . . . .106
NEHRING TELLS THE TALE I . . . .106
NEHRING TELLS THE TALE II . . . . 108
LIEUTENANT DINORT REPORTS . . . in
OUR FIRST SOARING FLIGHT IN AMERICA BY P.
LAUBENTHAL . . . . . .114