The talless glider is the Akafleig Braunschweig SB-1 (Lippisch) Storch
("Stork"), built in 1923.

The pictures are from several of the Rhön competitions, which began in
1920. One of the earlier photos is of the Akaflieg Aachen FVA-1 Blaue
Maus ("Blue Mouse"), that Wolfgang Klemperer flew at the 1920
competition.

This National Geographic article about gliding in Germany, plus
Lindbergh's earlier flight inspired many people to become glider
pilots.


On May 29, 1:25 pm, Ian wrote:
On 29 May, 20:44, Johan Larson wrote:

I'm still working on the article these pictures came from, but the
pictures are ready now:

Was that a 1929 article describing progress to date? Some of the
gliders look rather older. I've love to know what the tailless one
is ...

Ian