GLIDING'S PROGRESS
SIXTY MILES AN HOUR
A gliding exhibition in .a craft of monoplane typo'made of plywood and fabric has ben given by Herr Kronfcld, tho Austrian soaring champion, on Firlo Beacon, where, in October, 1922, M. Mancyrol won tho "Daily Mail" £1000 gliding competition, says the "Daily Mail." Projected l>y an elastic rox'O, the glider shot gracefully as a bird into tho teeth' oi! the wind. Siloiit and effortless, it floated backwards and forwards,' occasionally swooping along at GO miles an hour with tho wind behind it. , . , Presently At soared away in the direction of Eastbourne, and was two miles from theboaeon before Ilorr Kroiifeld felt himself losing height. Coming back into the wind he climbed again, and at one point reached an altitude of 050 ft, before making a perfect landing at 25 miles an hour. "Of course'," Ilerr Kronfjsld said, "it is like yachting. If you have no wind it is no good, but it is an ideal place for this sport, and to-day the wind was just right. I am surprised to find th^t there was an upward current of wind two miles away from the beacon. That makes it a very suitable place for people to do this kind of flying. You have a perfect countryside round here for this spoil, and you should do very well with it." During Whil«un Ilerr Kronl'eld gave a number of demonstration flights for the British Gliding Association. Tho "Daily Mail" has already announcod a gliding contest which it is to organise in the gnuimcr of next year.
Few have observed that the. magnificent deeds and noble literature of the Elizabethan age .coincided, with the introduction of tobacco. The first English Stuart King issued a counterblast against tobacco. The only result was that smoking 'increased in popularity. Tho Stuart: dynasty became unpopular and never recovered from the blow. Dutch William brought with him tho Dutch pipe and kept his throne. Queen Anne, who drank tea, is generally remembered from the fact she is dead, but with tho Hanoverians caroo in tbe churchwarden pipe and tons of tobacco: and England settled down with.', content. To understand such content, smoke a pipeful of old Dill's Best, which is tobacco in its most delightful form.—Advt.
GLIDING'S PROGRESS
Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 32, 6 August 1930, Page 6
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