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Show Latest Devices Add New Thrills To Glidinc i , 1 i ) J L i: ? v . p $ m : - Xj : : : f ' f . , j "i ; J r " " - x ? I v 1 I t - i - . L: , :j Latest innovations in gliding:, a sport now sweeping the country, arc pictured hero. Above you see the first glider. to be flown in the Philadelphia area . taking off at PmLco I-ield. Pa., by means of a new launching cable which shoots the ship into the air like a sling hot . At t lie right is Wesley Smith, 1 an ions raci ng pilot, at the' controls of the same glider. Notice how the pilot sits out front with no protection from falling fall-ing out except a safety belt. At the left is the world's largest glitter constructed by Adolph Kelterborn, German Ger-man expert, at Sierra Madre, Calif. This sailplane h is a wing spread of fj!) feet. |