ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234348
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| Date: | Wednesday 31 July 1935 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | glider |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Selb -
 Germany
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| Phase: | |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Brünn |
| Rhön | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on return from long-range flight (504,2 km, on 29 July, with Steinhoff, Bräutigam, and Heidemann).
Rudolf Oeltzschner, a German glider pilot from Dresden, has been returning on tow from record-setting flight Wasserkuppe (Germany) - Brno (Czechoslovakia). Near Selb (Bawaria) the airtow has been suddenly caught in extremely strong downwind. Tow aircraft pilot Koepke managed to straighten his machine some 70 m over the ground, but the towed glider disintegrated in the air due to extreme G-forces.
Sources:
Jenaer Volksblatt 2 August 1935
Skrzydlata Polska. 1935, nr 8, p. 23 (207), https://jbc.bj.uj.edu.pl/dlibra/publication/350281/edition/334508
https://www.fai.org/record/13719
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2020 15:24 | TB | Added |
| 22-Aug-2020 17:57 | nempobur | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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