Returning from a prolonged stay' in Japan where he gave instruction to the Japanese Army in the art of sliding, and sold two of the most modern types of gliders, Herr Wolf Birth, one of the foremost glider lots in the world, arrived in Shang-al last Wednesday morning in the s.
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Asma Maru for @ slay" of @ few Herr Birth has been making a lon trip around the world, spending a rear deal of his time in America, Where he helped to foster the sport lof gliding, and in Japan. From here The will continue on to South Africa Where he has on Invitation from the Government there to give soaring exhibitions.
He looks upon gliding not as the commercial possibility which many regard it, but purely as a sport. Glid-Ing, he said, can never be made commercially successful, nor for that matter, military successful, It is, the said, merely a sport for those thrill-seekers. who like fying without the power of machinery, in short, conquering the air by virtue of their own ability at the controls, "And that ability, according to Herr Birth, has Ina few short years become tittle short of miraculous, Many remember a decade ago when fights of a few hundred yards and even a few miles were the best that liders could do. That day, the champion glider spoke casually of ights of "more than 200 miles as being quite "commonplace. He told lof n hundred gliders which attempted fight last year from Mount Wasserkuppe in Germany to Bruno in Czechoslovakia, a distance of about 320 miles. Four of the contestants made that distance, establishing a new world record.
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