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...hours and 21 minutes a creature soared silently, with motionless wings, near Koenigsberg, Germany, one day last week. A thunder shower forced it to earth. It was the glider Goethen, holder of the previous world's record of 5 hr. 40 min. for motorless heavier-than-air craft with pilot and passenger.* It bore Ferdinand Schulz and a companion. Pilot Schulz's skill lies in utilizing air currents after leaving a lofty takeoff, as do eagles and other birds capable of staying aloft for hours with never a wing beat. He declares he is confident...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Glide | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

...improvement of gliders in Germany so that eventually, as a correspondent reports, "wind-borne motorless flights, revolutionizing human transport can be made for hundreds and thousands of miles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "I DIPPED INTO THE FUTURE--" | 9/23/1922 | See Source »

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