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	Wasserkuppe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wasserkuppe (German: "water peak") is a high plateau (elevation 950 m or 3100 ft), the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains within the German state of Hessen.
		The first competition had been organised by Oskar Ursinus, who also built the first clubhouse on the Wasserkuppe in 1924 to replace the shipping containers that enthusiasts were using as accommodation up to that point.
		During the Third Reich, gliding activities became largely controlled by the state, and for Hitler Youth pilots and their instructors, proficiency in gliding was viewed as the first step towards the Luftwaffe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wasserkuppe (483 words)

	Oskar Ursinus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carl Oskar Ursinus (March 11, 1877 - July 6, 1952) was a pioneer of German aviation and is remembered mainly for his contributions to sailplane designs and the sport of gliding.
		Ursinus was born in Weißenfels and attended Technical College in Mittweida.
		A plateau particularly suited to gliding, the Wasserkuppe, became a focal point for this activity, and in 1920, Ursinus organised a competition there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oskar_Ursinus (384 words)

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		A spirit arose and Wasserkuppe became the cradle of soaring; a place and stronghold throughout the storms of history.
		It seems simple today, but then it had to be realised that the Wasserkuppe, being 400 metres taller than the surrounding area, forced the wind upward.
		The very same day Walter Georgii headed for the Wasserkuppe and advised the young instructor Robert Kronfeld to fly with the new sailplane "Professor" to one of the cumulus clouds and circle in the thermal lift.
	www.hgfa.asn.au /skysailor/Issues/0404/firstthermal.htm (1685 words)

	Wasserkuppe -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From 1920 onwards, annual competitions were held, leading to records being set and broken for height, distance, and duration of unpowered flight.
		The first competition had been organised by (Click link for more info and facts about Oskar Ursinus) Oskar Ursinus, who also built the first clubhouse on the Wasserkuppe in 1924 to replace the shipping containers that enthusiasts were using as accommodation up to that point.
		This period saw great advances in exotic technologies such as (Click link for more info and facts about flying wing) flying wings and (A jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion) rocket-powered flights.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/wasserkuppe.htm (388 words)

	Jugendbildungsstätte Wasserkuppe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At almost 1000m elevation, it is the highest located school in the state of Hesse.
		Besides the court yard and a place for a bonfire, there is a field, a green vollyballfield, a tennis and basketball field (both are tared) for your disposal.
		Outside the fenced area there are the airplane hangars, the runway, the german airglider museum, a summer toboggan run, skilifts and cross-country ski-tracks in the wintertime and lots of room for activities in nature on the wide open hangs of the Wasserkuppe.
	www.wasserkuppenzentrum.de /static/haus_en.php (534 words)

	Gliding Magazine \| Features
		I still thought I might get to Wasserkuppe, but all of a sudden someone switched the power of - 2.5m/s, then 2, then 1, and it was downhill all the way into Bamberg Airport.
		Alan was not far away, and we were soon on the road to Wasserkuppe, stopping on the way at an idyllic restaurant terrace for beers.
		However, when we got back to the Wasserkuppe we found that only two Eurogliders had left and even they had only repositioned to an airfield where you didn’t have to take-off 20kt downwind (or uphill into curl-over) and the cloudbase would be higher (because the airfield was lower).
	www.glidingmagazine.com /FeatureArticle.asp?id=455 (4328 words)

	Gliding Magazine \| Features
		There were times during the closing days of the 1922 Wasserkuppe meeting when four or five sailplanes were flying simultaneously.
		It was not permitted to f]y at all at the Wasserkuppe, where a technical committee existed to prevent obviously unsafe craft from taking off.
		It was written off early in the 1925 Rhön when Karl Bedall spun in soon after the launch on the Wasserkuppe He was badly injured.
	www.glidingmagazine.com /FeatureArticle.asp?id=260 (1167 words)

	wasserkuppe4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The visit to Wasserkuppe was even more special because we shared the experience Earl "Dude" Klutts and his wife, Gayle.
		The local citizens prefer the dome remain as is and believe it symbolizes the skyline of Wasserkuppe.
		The Wasserkuppe glider school is still open to would-be pilots.
	victorian.fortunecity.com /hurst/664/wasserkuppe4.html (565 words)

	G 101 SG 38
		This led to the birth of organized gliding activity in 1920 at Wasserkuppe in the mountain chain Rhöngebirge.
		Soon, some Swedish pilots found their way to Wasserkuppe and brought their experiences back to Sweden.
		Wasserkuppe is still an important soaring centre in Germany with a well-known museum.
	www.avrosys.nu /aircraft/Segel/901G101.htm (342 words)

	AIR SPORTS INTERNATIONAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		You may already have heard the sad news that Peter Riedel, the last survivor of the first gliding competition on the Wasserkuppe in 1920, died quietly in hospital at Ardmore, Oklahoma on 6th November.
		He also won the Wasserkuppe contest and was awarded the Hindenburg Cup.
		He was one of four outstanding pilots to accompany Georgii on a famous expedition to Latin America in 1934, when the sport of soaring was introduced to Brazil and Argentina.
	airsports.fai.org /dec98/dec9802.html (2133 words)

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		The centre for the new sport was to become Wasserkuppe, one of the mountains at Röhn, northeast of Frankfurt am Main.
		Wasserkuppe soon became Europe's gliding centre and in 1923, three Swedes went there to qualify as gliderpilots and one of them, Douglas Hamilton, was to become recognised as "the father" of Swedish glidingaviation.
		KSAK, by the way, is one of the three oldest civil aviation organisations in the world, founded as the SAS (not to be mistaken for the Scandinavian Airlines System), Swedish Aeronautical Society, in 1900, preceded only by its French and German counterparts.
	biphome.spray.se /jannus/flyg/historia/aabhiste.htm (3462 words)

	Rhön (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Wasserkuppe, the highest part of the Rhön at 950 m, is considered the birthplace of gliding.
		The partly steep and partly gentle slopes of the Wasserkuppe are ideally suited to hand gliding.
		This circular building was opened in 1987 and presents the history of gliding with exhibits from all ages, from Lilienthal gliders to state-of-the-art gliding aircraft made with synthetic materials.
	www.hessen-tourismus.de /en/regions/rhoen.htm (316 words)

	Jugendbildungsstätte Wasserkuppe Gersfeld Germany - Hostel Reviews & Ratings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The hostel is located on top of the 'Wasserkuppe', highest elevation in the area of Hessen in Germany (950m).
		'Wasserkuppe' is known best as the birthplace of motorless flying activities in the 1900s and a lot of these activities are still going on today - take part or just watch them, it is worth it!
		Take a public bus (no. 26) three times a day for your 25 km ride to the "Wasserkuppe", the bus stops just minutes away from the hostel.
	www.hostelworld.com /hosteldetails.php/JugendbildungssttteWasserkuppe-Gersfeld-10529 (388 words)

	ASW-20, 123 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wasserkuppe, the site of the world's first sport gliding competition in 1920.
		Alexander Schleicher's business was founded in 1927 and is the worlds oldest glider manufacturer, having been in business continuously since its beginnings.
		I visited the Wasserkuppe in 2002 and 2003.
	www.gregorie.demon.co.uk /gliding/asw20 (658 words)

	College Soaring History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His first-hand experience included several weeks at the Wasserkuppe in the Summer of 1928, while he was on a Junior year abroad at Lausanne, Switzerland.
		Thanks to this inspiring machine, the Wasserkuppe contest became an annual affair and, by 1922, MIT had geared up to go take part itself.
		The "MIT Aeronautical Engineering Society", led by pilot Eddie Allen (later chief test pilot at Boeing), flew the holy mountain and was there to witness the breaking of the hour mark by college gliders built at Aachen and Hanover.
	www.soarcsa.org /ssa/coll/hist.htm (1816 words)

	EUROGLIDE - 2000KM Gliding Race - 2002 story of PM and VW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Here is a report of the Euroglide Competition, which is a 2000 Km race through Europe, held every two years and organised by the gliding club at Eindhoven, in the Netherlands.
		This year, the distance was 2211Km, from Eindhoven, to Dahlemer Binz in Germany, across Belgium, to Romorantin, in France, then to Lachen Speyerdorf, Klippeneck, Cham Janahof, the Wasserkuppe and Oerlinghausen in Germany, finishing at Venlo in the Netherlands.
		It would be a race against time, and if we couldn't make it we might end up being retrieved back to the Wasserkuppe.
	www.euroglide.nl /2002_pm.html (1175 words)

	Thüringen.html
		Thuringia, part of Germany's geographic center characterized by diverse highlands, lively cities and romantic towns.
		The Wasserkuppe is the birthplace of hang gliding.
		On this highest elevation of the Rhon, even today many original gliders can be admired.
	www.fortwaynemaennerchor.us /thuringen.html (1066 words)

	Slingsby Grasshopper
		This was at a time when gliding was almost unknown in Britain.
		Annual events were held since 1920 on the Wasserkuppe, in the Rhön Mountains of the Fulda district.
		Permanent gliding schools were established in the Wasserkuppe, and at Rossitten on the Baltic coast.
	www.neam.co.uk /grasshopper.html (1381 words)

	aerokurier-online: Magazine November 2000
		As of 1 September Wasserkuppe in the Rhön is now classed as a special landing strip and its use is no longer confined to the aircraft stationed there.
		However, it is necessary to obtain advance permission to use it by phoning the airfield operator, Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Segelflugs auf der Wasserkuppe (the society for the promotion of gliding on Wasserkuppe Mountain) / Wasserkuppe Gliding School (Tel.: +49 (0)6654-364).
		The 900m (2953ft) high landing strip has a number of special features, as a result of which it is only possible to land there under certain wind conditions.
	www.aerokurier.rotor.com /AKHEFT/Akh0011/Aeh0011e.htm (2173 words)

	Rhön-Excursion May 2005
		An example for the latter ones is the "Wasserkuppe", with about 950 m one of the highest mountains of Hessen!
		Another highlight are 35 Ma old fossils from the "Sieblos-Lake", which are excellently preserved.
		The excursion is planned for two days with an overnight stay in a self-catering accommodation in the vicinity of the Wasserkuppe.
	www.geopal.uni-hd.de /Promotion/Rhoen05.html (290 words)

	Mü 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was the first design that took part in a competition in 1926, the meeting in Wasserkuppe.
		It was rebuilt and took part in the 1927 Wasserkuppe.
		This time it won several prices, the altitude (205 m) and the longest flight (1:39 hour)
	www.histaviation.com /Mu_2.html (54 words)

	aerokurier-online: Magazine May 2001
		The historic building complex on the Wasserkuppe mountain which has been used by the military for over 50 years is in the process of being transformed into an attractive youth training centre.
		The core of the "Wasserkuppe youth training centre" presently under construction has been functional since 1 September of last year.
		The platform for this is Jugendbildungsstätte Wasserkuppe eGmbH, a joint venture company established by Deutsche Jugend in Europa (djo) and the Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Segelflugs auf der Wasserkuppe (society for the promotion of gliding on Wasserkuppe Mountain).
	www.aerokurier.rotor.com /akheft/AkH0105/Aeh0105e.htm (3026 words)

	wasserkuppe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		he Wasserkuppe is located between the little towns of Gersfeld and Poppenhausen, in the Fulda area of central Germany.
		The first flights from this 950 meter hill, took place in 1910.
		For all of you that enjoy flight and scale glider building, the Wasserkuppe is a must for any trip to Germany.
	www.soaringissa.org /wasserkuppe (664 words)

	Harbinger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the first day Mynarski flew a PWS 101 351 km to Hamburg together with three German competitors, one being Hanna Reitsch, who was flying the prototype Reiher.
		At the Wasserkuppe In 1937 a CW5 achieved best altitude after a climb in cloud in competition.
		For a flight of 578km across Poland in a PWS 101, T.Gora was awarded the Lilienthal Medal for the most meritorious performance of 1938.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /sssrcsoaring/Spotlight_Data/Harbinger/Harbinger.htm (1816 words)

	DL6FBL VHF contesting
		My "personal mountain" is Mt. Wasserkuppe, 950m asl, located in JO40XL (international grid square).
		I have a contract with the German Army to use their parking place and electricity.
		Below is a screenshot of my May 1994 operation from Wasserkuppe mountain (JO40XL, 950 m asl).
	www.dl6fbl.de /dl6fbl/vhf (794 words)

	Wasserkuppe
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		The Wasserkuppe (German: "water peak") is a high plateau (elevation 950m or 3100 ft), the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains within the German state of Hessen.
		Students from the nearby Darmstadt Technical University began flying gliders from the Wasserkuppe as early as 1911, but interest in sailplanes in Germany increased greatly after 1918 when the Treaty of Versailles restricted the production or use of powered aircraft in the nation.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/wasserkuppe (490 words)

	Fly-in Safari, Africa, Namibia - Pleasure Flights & Safaris Aviation Legacy
		Erwin's passion for flying dates back to his childhood, when his grandfather, Oscar Gerhard Goebel, took him along on gliding excursions over the Okahandja and Windhoek areas (Osona).
		Erwin's grandfather was one of the pioneers of the sport of gliding, and worked at Wasserkuppe in Germany where he designed, built and tested gliders (1928).
		Flying and gliding was in his blood, and he became a gliding instructor and later, turned to designing and building gliders at Bitterwasser, today an internationally known gliding centre.
	www.pleasureflights.com.na /legacy.htm (156 words)

	KV SAIL PLANES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Since World War II recreational soaring has become increasingly popular in many parts of the world.
		The sport began in Germany about 1910, on the Wasserkuppe, a hill in the Rhön Mountains.
		Competition commenced in 1922, and the first world championship was held in Germany in 1937.
	www.kvsailplanes.com (446 words)

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