Glider Collection (page 2)

Performance glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Performance glider, 1932. Glider built by the Akademischen Fliegerguppe (Akaflieg) in Dresden, Germany. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Mayer MS-II glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Mayer MS-II glider, 1932. Glider in which Hermann Mayer won the Rho n competition in 1932. It achieved an endurance flight of 8 hours and 28 minutes

BSV Luftikus glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
BSV Luftikus glider, 1932. Glider built in 1929 by the Berliner Segelflugvereins (BSV) company

Starkenburg glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Starkenburg glider, 1932. Plane built by the Akademische Fliegerguppe (Akaflieg) in Darmstadt, Germany. Successfully flew over Berlin in 1931, using thermal air currents

RRG Fafnir glider, 1930, (1932). Creator: Unknown
RRG Fafnir glider, 1930, (1932). The Fafnir, named after the legendary dragon, was a German high-performance glider designed by Alexander Lippisch and built by the Rhon-Rossitten Gesellschaft

RRG Storch plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
RRG Storch plane, 1920s, (1932). Tailless experimental plane made in Germany by the Rho n-Rossitten Gesellschaft. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

RRG flying-wing plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
RRG flying-wing plane, 1932. Experimental tailless fixed-wing plane made by the Rho n-Rossitten Society in Germany. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Austria Elefant glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Austria Elefant glider, 1932. Glider with 30-metre wingspan. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory

Model plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Model plane, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Launch of a glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Launch of a glider, 1932. Diagram showing how to launch a glider into the air by towing it with a car. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Pupil in Zogling training glider at the Rhon-Rossitten Society gliding school
Pupil in Zo gling training glider at the Rho n-Rossitten Society gliding school, Germany, 1932. Glider with speed of 45-50 kilometres per hour

Pupil in camouflaged Zogling training glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Pupil in camouflaged Zo gling training glider, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Flying instructor in glider at the Rhon-Rossitten Society gliding school, Germany, 1932
Flying instructor in glider at the Rho n-Rossitten Society gliding school, Germany, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Hangwind glider, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Hangwind glider, 1932. Training glider with speed of 55-60 kilometres per hour. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Kassel 20 glider, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Kassel 20 glider, 1920s, (1932). German glider used for training. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory

The Lippisch Wien glider, 1929, (1932). Creator: Unknown
The Lippisch Wien glider, 1929, (1932). The Lippisch Wien high-performance glider designed by Alexander Lippisch, and flown by Austrian gliding champion Squadron Leader Robert Kronfeld (1904-1948)

Performance glider, Grunau Gliding School, Germany, 1931, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Performance glider, Grunau Gliding School, Germany, 1931, (1932). From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory

Lippisch Ente plane, 1928, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Lippisch Ente plane, 1928, (1932). The Ente ( Duck ), the worlds first rocket-powered full-size aircraft, was designed by Alexander Lippisch as a glider

RRG Storch IV plane, 1920s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
RRG Storch IV plane, 1920s, (1932). Tailless plane made in Germany by the Rho n-Rossitten Gesellschaft, which flew successfully over the sand dunes at Rossitten

Powered flying-wing plane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Powered flying-wing plane, 1932. Experimental tailless fixed-wing plane built by Hermann Ko hl in Germany. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air)

Model biplane, 1932. Creator: Unknown
Model biplane, 1932. From " Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garba ty cigarette factory, 1932

Otto Lilienthals glider, 1890s, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Otto Lilienthals glider, 1890s, (1932). German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) made about 2, 000 flights before being killed in a crash

Gutermuths glider, 1912, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Gutermuths glider, 1912, (1932). On 22 July 1912, Hans Gutermuth of the Darmstadt Technical Institute in Germany flew a glider for one minute fifty-two seconds covering a distance of 840 metres

Berblingers attempt to fly across the Danube, 1811, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Berblingers attempt to fly across the Danube, 1811, (1932). German inventor Albrecht Ludwig Berblinger (1770-1829), also known as the Tailor of Ulm, constructed a working flying machine

Etrichs Zanonia glider, 1906. (1932). Creator: Unknown
Etrichs Zanonia glider, 1906. (1932). Flying wing aircraft built by Austrian flight pioneer Ignaz Etrich and inspired by the flying seed of Zanonia macrocarpa, a kind of plant

Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Creator: Unknown
Wright brothers glider, c1900, (1932). Aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the worlds first controlled and powered flights on 17 December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA

Archdeacon aeroplane, 1904. Ernest Archdeacon was a French lawyer of Irish descent who was also a pioneer aviator. This aircraft built by him in 1904 was based on the design of the Wright Brothers

Biplane Glider of Octave Chanute, c1896 (1910)
Biplane Glider of Octave Chanute c1896 (1910). French-born American engineer Chanute (1832-1910) and his team began experiments with gliders, including this example, in 1896

Otto Lilienthal, German gliding pioneer & aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders
Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896) German gliding pioneer and aeronautical inventor, flying one of his gliders. He made about 2, 000 flights before being killed

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