In article .com,
"stephanevdv" wrote:

Please check your sources!

"This is the first time a female has competed directly against men at
this high level of international competition."

Hanna Reitsch represented Germany at the World Championships at
Madrid-Cuatro Vientos in 1952. She finished third in the two-seater
category (Kranich III) with Lisbeth Häfner as passenger. At Saint-Yan
in 1956, she finished 8th in the single-seater class (Zugvogel II). She
was also selected for the 1958 championships at Leszno, but Poland
refused her a visa.

What makes this misinformation more shocking is that I well recall Janet
Hider Smith competing in the Worlds at the very same airfield in 1995.
Look at place #36 in standard class, as Janet Janowitsch.

See my newsgroup scoring posts at the time, e.g.:

http://www.aerobatics.ws/WORLD_95/results_sum.html

Bruce

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