Word: reitsch
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...witch was tiny (95 lb.) Hanna Reitsch, famed glider and helicopter pilot (who was a U.S. National Air Races stunting favorite in 1938). The story: in 1942 V-1 had a tendency to shake off its wings. In a robot fitted with landing skids...
...Aviatrix Reitsch rode an empty explosive compartment, spying on the wings through a periscope. She found the trouble, was seriously injured after four days of such superwoman tests. For her pains: the Iron Cross, First Class...