Wolf Hirth
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Wolfram Kurt Erhard Hirth was a German gliding pioneer and sailplane designer. He was a co-founder of Schempp-Hirth, still a renowned glider manufacturer.
Wolf Hirth waiting for a launch in the Laubenthal H2-PL Musterle glider, ca 1931
The Challenge 1934 was the fourth and last FAI International Tourist Plane Contest, that took place between August 28 and September 16, 1934, in Warsaw, Poland. The four Challenges, from 1929 to 1934, were major aviation events in pre-war Europe. The 1934 Challenge was won by the Polish pilots, who had also won the previous year.
The opening ceremony, from the left: Polish team, three-aircraft Czechoslovak team, German team. The Italian team had not arrived yet.
The Polish PZL.26 of Ignacy Giedgowd in the Challenge markings
Bajan's RWD-9 during a wing folding trial.
Polish aviators - winners of Challenge 1934: pilot Jerzy Bajan (left) and mechanic Gustaw Pokrzywka (right) with Marshal Józef Piłsudski (center).