EVANS, EDWARD S. AND NATIONAL GLIDER ASSOCIATION, INC. - The National Glider Association Offers Wings to Young America

Detroit, MI: National Glider Association, Inc, 1929. Stapled wraps. B&W Illustrations; This is a thin booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The covers have some toning and darkening. The bottom front corner has a crease. There is a previous owner's name penciled on the front cover. The text pages are clean and bright. "By 1920 the sport of soaring was coming into its own. Glider design was spurred on by developments in Germany were the World War I treaty of Versailles banned flying power aircraft. New forms of lift were discovered that made it possible to gain altitude and travel distances using these previously unknown atmospheric resources. In 1921 Dr. Wolfgang Klemperer broke the Wright Brothers 1911 soaring duration record with a flight of 13 minutes using ridge lift. In 1928 Austrian Robert Kronfeld proved that thermal lift could be used by a sailplane to gain altitude bymaking a short out and return flight. In 1929 the National Glider Association was founded in Detroit, Michigan and by 1930 the first USA National Glider Contest was held in Elmira, New York. In 1937 the first World Championships were held at the Wasserkuppe in Germany. " (from SSA website). Very Good .

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