October 13, 2012

Collection Name: Other

Collection Number: 2863

Post Type: Document

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Artist or Author: submitted by Walter Diem

Creation Year: 1935

Summay:

Hans Steinhagen couldn't find any original information concerning the June 23rd 1935. The records may be
given from Lindenberg to the central library of the Meteorological Service of the former GDR and given later on to the library
of the Albert Einstein Science Park in Potsdam. But Hans had no success with his research because the
records have no author.

But:
The former director of Lindenberg, Harald Koschmieder, wrote a (unpublished) work
"Deutschlands Aeronautisches Obervatorium, sein Werden und sein Neuaufbau"
and on page 15 one can find a summary of maximum hights in Lindenberg.

And: Einzeldrachen (single kite) 3h 14 min, am 23.6.1935 7550 m (Aufstiegsleiter = master of ascent: Rudolf Grund).

Another high ascent was made on 24.8.1934: they reached an altitude of 7320 m.

And another record: 27.10.1942 a ascent reached an altitude of 7.970 m!! But there are no notes that this was a single kite work.
Otto Rintisch was master of this ascent - but he isn't still alive.

researched by Walter Diem, 10/13/2012 Hamburg, Germany

Geographic: Germany

Kite Type: BoxCellular

Materials: Cotton

Significance: Historical, Scientific