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	hanna reitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hanna Reitsch (March 29, 1912 - August 24, 1979) was a famous World War II German test pilot, and a favourite of the upper echelon of the Nazi party.
		Hanna was born the daughter of an ophthalmologist and was in training to become a medical doctor in 1932 when she left that field to pursue a career as a test pilot.
		As the war progressed, Reitsch was invited to fly many of Germany's latest designs, including the Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, and several larger bombers on which she tested various mechanisms for cutting barrage balloon cables.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /hanna_reitsch.html (605 words)

	Hanna Reitsch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As the war progressed, Reitsch was invited to fly many of Germany's latest (and increasingly desperate) designs, including the jet-propelled Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, and several larger bombers on which she tested various mechanisms for cutting barrage balloon cables.
		Reitsch was one of only two women awarded the Iron Cross First Class during World War II, and the only woman awarded the Luftwaffe Combined Pilot and Observer Badge with Diamonds.
		From 1962 to 1966 Reitsch resided in Ghana at the request of the president Kwame Nkrumah, where she founded and ran the national gliding school.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hanna_Reitsch (796 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hanna Reitsch
		Hanna Reitsch in the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version.
		Hanna Reitsch spent three days in the Bunker just before Hitler's suicide on April 28, then flew out with the newly appointed Chief of the Luftwaffe, General Ritter von Greim, who's orders were to mount a bombing attack on the Russian forces who were now approaching the Chancellery and the Führerbunker.
		Hanna Reitsch survived the war and died on August 24, 1979, in Frankfurt from a heart attack.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hanna-Reitsch (2391 words)

	HANNA REITSCH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Reitsch flog über 40 Rekorde in allen Klassen und Flugzeugtypen.
		1933 wurde Hanna Reitsch von Wolfram Hirth gebeten, als Fluglehrerin an seiner neuen Segelfliegerschule in Hornberg bei Schwäbisch Gmünd zu arbeiten.
		April 1945 flog Hanna Reitsch den Generalobersten Robert Ritter von Greim in das von den Russen bereits eingeschlossene Berlin.
	www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/H/Hanna_Reitsch (767 words)

	Hanna Reitsch: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hanna was born the daughter of an ophthalmologist (A medical doctor specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye) and was in training to become a medical doctor in 1932 when she left that field to pursue a career as a test pilot.
		Reitsch was one of only two women awarded the Iron Cross (additional info and facts about Iron Cross) First Class during world War 2, and the only woman awarded the Luftwaffe Combined Pilot and Observer Badge with Diamonds.
		From 1962 to 1966 Reitsch resided in Ghana (A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea), where she founded and ran a gliding school.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/hanna_reitsch.htm (672 words)

	Hanna Reitsch (1912-1979), Pioneer Aviatrix
		Hanna Reitsch flew the helicopter nightly for three weeks inside the hall during February 1938 in a variety of maneuvers, from normal take-off and hover to sideways flying and then ascending to the ceiling and slowly descending.
		Hanna Reitsch's most dangerous assignment was to ferry Luftwaffe General Robert Ritter von Greim to meet with Hitler in the bunker of the Berlin Reich Chancellery in the last days of the war.
		Hanna said that the machine was very easy to control, and claimed that she had only 3 hours experience on the machine before she made the first demonstration flight in the stadium.
	www.ctie.monash.edu.au /hargrave/reitsch.html (6496 words)

	Hanna Reitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hanna Reitsch in the Fa 61 Hanna Reitsch (March 29, 1912 - August 24, 1979) was a famous World War II German test pilot, and a favourite of the upper echelon of the Nazi party.
		As the war progressed, Reitsch was invited to fly many of Germany's latest designs, including the jet-propelled Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet, and several larger bombers on which she tested various mechanisms for cutting barrage balloon cables.
		Reitsch was one of only two women awarded the Iron Cross First Class during world War 2, and the only woman awarded the Luftwaffe Combined Pilot and Observer Badge with Diamonds.
	hanna-reitsch.ask.dyndns.dk (602 words)

	Hanna Reitsch - Wikipedia
		Ebenfalls als erste Frau flog sie den von Henrich Focke gebauten Hubschrauber Focke Wulf 61, mit dem sie 1938 in der "Deutschlandhalle" in Berlin den ersten Hallenflug der Welt mit einem Hubschrauber wagte.
		Reitsch wollte den von ihr verehrten "Führer" überreden, sich ausfliegen zu lassen.
		In den 1970er Jahren errang sie mehrere Rekorde in verschiedenen Kategorien.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hanna_Reitsch (863 words)

	Hanna Reitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hanna Reitsch (March 29 1912 - August 24 1979) was a famous World War II German test pilot and a favourite of the upper of the Nazi party.
		Hanna was born the daughter of an ophthalmologist and was in training to become medical doctor in 1932 when she left field to pursue a career as a pilot.
		In the 1930s she became fairly setting many glider aerobatic and endurance records being the woman to fly the Alps in a and was rather photogenic.
	www.freeglossary.com /Hanna_Reitsch (640 words)

	Hanna Reitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hanna Reitsch (March 29, 1912 - August 24, 1979) was afamous World War II German test pilot, and a favourite of the upper echelon of the Nazi party.
		Hanna was born the daughter of an ophthalmologist and was in trainingto become a medical doctor in 1932 when she left that field to pursue a career as a test pilot.
		Near the end of the war she became involved in testing the V-1 FlyingBomb, which was fitted with a cockpit in order to be used during gliding tests, dropped from a Heinkel He 111 bomber.
	www.therfcc.org /hanna-reitsch-39537.html (541 words)

	From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker Book from Books.co.uk
		Hanna Reitsch's story is that of one of a handful of women who achieved personal success in male-dominated Nazi Germany.
		Hanna Reitsch was interviewed as a potential witness for the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.
		Her interviewer was to state that "Her (Hanna's) account of the flight into Berlin to report to Hitler and of her stay in the Fuehrer's bunker is probably as accurate a one as will be obtained of those last days".
	www.books.co.uk /from_nazi_test_pilot_to_hitlers_bunker/0275954560.html (536 words)

	DiscussAnything.com - - View Single Post - Hanna Reitsch: Nazi skydevil
		In 1937, Hanna Reitsch was appointed a flight captain and first woman test pilot for the new Luftwaffe by General Ernst Udet, subsequently performing test flights with all kinds of military planes during World War II.
		Fraulein Reitsch, who had miraculously survived several crashes, was the first and only woman to be awarded the Iron Cross (First and Second Classes) by Hitler in 1942 for her contribution to civilian flying.
		Hanna Reitsch was later arrested and held in an interrogation center for fifteen months by the Americans, then released in 1946.
	www.discussanything.com /forums/showpost.php?p=885295&postcount=1 (680 words)

	Exordio - Segunda Guerra Mundial - Hanna Reitsch
		Hanna era rubia, menuda y llena de vigor y llegaría a ser un símbolo de la valentía y el coraje en Alemania.
		Hanna en toda su carrera, estableció más de 40 marcas mundiales de altura y velocidad, tanto con planeadores como con aviones a motor de explosión, Jet y cohete, hecho que no ha sido igualado por otra mujer en el mundo.
		Hanna Reitsch fue una nacionalsocialista convencida y sincera.
	www.exordio.com /1939-1945/civilis/mujeres/hanna-reitsch.html (1036 words)

	National Socialist Heroine Hanna Reitsch 1912-1979 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hanna Reitsch was born in Hirschberg, Silesia, on
		Hanna begged to be allowed to die with him in the Fuhrer bunker at the end of WWII.
		In Nazi Germany of 1937 Hanna Reitsch was a role-model, her earlier fame had by then spread beyond national boundaries, and Ernst Udet appointed her as a test pilot to the Luftwaffe test center at Rechlin.
	www.nukeisrael.com /ww2/hanna.htm (686 words)

	Focke-Achgelis Fa-61
		Hanna Reitsch was Nazi Germany's most famous aviatrix, by 1945 her flying experience encompassed a wide variety of aircraft - from gliders to piloted versions of the V-1 Flying Bomb.
		Although Hanna showed that a skillful pilot could cut tethering cables with the huge cutting attachment which was fixed to the front of the aircraft, it proved to be a fuel-consuming deadweight which seriously degraded stability and range when tried over the British Isles.
		However, Hanna took to the task instinctively, got the hang of the rotorcraft almost at once and was soon flying it fluently.
	www.aerochopper.8m.com /early2.html (709 words)

	Women in Aviation: Biography of Hanna Reitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Even sitting on the ground in ³a hellish, flame-spewing din,² Hanna recalled, it was ³all I could do to hold on as the machine rocked under a ceaseless succession of explosions.² On her fifth night, an equipment failure forced Hanna to come in for a crash landing with the plane bucking and rolling.
		Always the professional, Hanna reached for a pad and pencil and drew a sketch of the sequence of events leading to the crash before she fled out.
		While she was still recovering from headaches and dizzy spells, she put herself through a strict regimen of tree and roof climbing to regain her sense of balance and was soon test-flying again, much to the astonishment of her doctors.
	library.thinkquest.org /21229/bio/hreit.htm (670 words)

	Hanna Reitsch - Term Explanation on IndexSuche.Com
		Hanna Reitsch (March_29, 1912 - August_24, 1979) was a famous World_War_II German test_pilot, and a favourite of the upper echelon of the Nazi party.
		As the war progressed, Reitsch was invited to fly many of Germany's latest designs, including the Messerschmitt__Me_163 ''Komet'', and several larger bombers on which she tested various mechanisms for cutting barrage_balloon cables.
		Near the end of the war she became involved in testing the V-1_Flying_Bomb, which was fitted with a cockpit in order to be used during gliding tests, dropped from a Heinkel_He_111 bomber.
	www.indexsuche.com /Hanna_Reitsch.html (562 words)

	Today in Odd History: Female Pilot Pitches Suicide Squad to Hitler (February 28, 1944)
		Reitsch promptly formed a Suicide Group, and was herself the first person to take the pledge: "I hereby...voluntarily apply to be enrolled in the suicide group as a pilot of a human glider-bomb.
		Reitsch came to flying by an indirect route.
		A special seat was built in the nose, from which Reitsch could watch the behavior of the wings and report on it after landing.
	www.newsoftheodd.com /article1011.html (947 words)

	hannareitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ab 1932 studierte Hanna Reitsch Medizin in Berlin und Kiel, weil sie fliegende Ärztin in Afrika werden wollte.
		Als einzige teilnehmende Frau errang Hanna Reitsch 1952 bei den Segelflug-Weltmeisterschaften in Spanien unter den besten 40 Fliegern der Welt den dritten Preis.
		Von Hanna Reitsch stammen die Bücher Fliegen — Mein Leben“ (1951), Ich flog für Kwame Nkrumah“ (1968), Das Unzerstörbare in meinem Leben“ (1975) und Höhen und Tiefen — 1945 bis zur Gegenwart“ (1978).
	www.hannareitsch.de.vu (1264 words)

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		Hanna Reitsch's father was an opthamologist and wanted her to be a doctor.
		When Hanna met Heinrich Himmler, she, still a believer in God, found that Himmler was not.
		Hanna died of a massive heart attack in 1979 at age 67.
	www.georgiasouthern.edu /~etmcmull/HANNA.htm (732 words)

	Hanna Reitsch
		Reitsch flog über 40 Rekorde in Klassen und Flugzeugtypen.
		1933 wurde Hanna Reitsch von Wolfram Hirth als Fluglehrerin an seiner neuen Segelfliegerschule in Hornberg bei Schwäbisch Gmünd zu arbeiten.
		In den 1970er Jahren errang sie mehrere Rekorde in Kategorien.
	www.uni-protokolle.de /Lexikon/Hanna_Reitsch.html (701 words)

	Hanna Reitsch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hanna Reitsch nasce il 29 marzo 1913 ad Hirschberg, in Slesia, da un oculista di fama e da una poetessa.
		Il Capitano Reitsch ha anche l’abitudine di registrare passo passo tutto quello che succede durante le sue missioni di volo, anche quando la sua vita è in estremo pericolo, cosicché – anche in caso fosse deceduta in missione – i dati raccolti potessero essere sempre disponibili.
		Il capitano Reitsch torna da Von Greim, gli consegna il cianuro ed insieme decidono di uccidersi nel caso che la situazione fosse precipitata; la notte Hanna resta al capezzale del generale Von Greim e cerca due granate per distruggere i propri corpi in caso di suicidio.
	www.carpe-diem.it /cultura/htm/hanna.htm (869 words)

	Hanna Reitsch - Bedeutung, Definition, Erklärung im netlexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Das Unzerstörbare in meinem Leben von Hanna Reitsch (Gebundene Ausgabe)
		Fliegen, mein Leben von Hanna Reitsch (Gebundene Ausgabe)
		Ich flog für Kwame Nkrumah von Hanna Reitsch (Broschiert)
	www.lexikon-definition.de /Hanna-Reitsch.html (924 words)

	The D-EKRA
		Once again Hanna was the only female at the school; the pupils, incidentally, wore a uniform which bore an uncanny similarity to that of the shortly to be revealed Luftwaffe.
		With greatly increased experience, Hanna returned to Darmstadt and was allowed to fly the Institute's recently acquired Heinkel He 46c on meteorological flights, many of them at night.
		The glider began to move, bumping over the grass; the man on the wingtip was running, then let go and fell behind by then the ailerons were biting and, with a gentle backward pressure on the stick, the Crane was airborne for the first time.
	galland.50megs.com /dekra.htm (791 words)

	Greenwood Publishing Group : From Nazi Test Pilot to Hitler's Bunker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This is the amazing story of Hanna Reitsch, one of the most celebrated women of the Third Reich.
		As a decorated test pilot for the Luftwaffe and a protege of Hitler, Reitsch was one of a handful of women who achieved personal success by breaking from the traditionally defined role of wife and mother in Nazi Germany.
		Reitsch's skills and accomplishments ultimately earned her an Iron Cross and celebrity status.
	www.greenwood.com /books/BookDetail_pf.asp?sku=C5456&location=international (361 words)

	Udet on THC - The Aerodrome Forum
		It also claimed that after Udet's suicide, a distraught Hanna became the lover of Robert, Ritter von Greim !! I was not impressed with the general historical tone and accuracy of the program - none of their "experts" could pronounce Udet or Reitsch correctly, and dealt much in speculation - it seemed to me.
		Hanna Reitsch, Leni Riefenstahl- Udet traveled in the highest of circles.
		Sergei Sikorsky regards Reitsch as one of the ten finest aviators of the past century.
	www.theaerodrome.com /forum/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=14005 (448 words)

	Heinrich Focke
		Nazi pilot Hanna Reitsch demonstrated the Fa-61 in the enclosed Deutschlandhalle sports stadium in Berlin in February 1938.
		Reitsch performed a number of test flights, breaking several of Rohlfs' previous records.
		Although Reitsch had less than three hours flying experience with the aircraft, she was able to maneuver it successfully in front of large crowds.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Rotary/Focke/HE5.htm (1033 words)

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