1888-1941 AKA Boena Láglerová, Bozena Langler, Bozena Langlerova and Bozena Lagler |
Library of Congress Collection |
via email from Dave Lam, 11-14-04 In Germany, she flew under the name of Lagler, and she was Hans Grade's first female student at Bork. She began her training there in Spring of 1911. In July, she crashed and destroyed the airplane, suffering some "internal bruising". She went home to Prague to recover, and after that she resumed flying. She became the first woman licensed by the Austrian Aero Club, earning license #37 on 10 October 1911. On 19 October 1911, she became the second woman licensed by the Germans, when she earned license # 125. She had another serious crash on either 22 or 24 October 1911 (my sources differ), near Kladnor (Prague area) , falling from 1500 meters, and again escaped , though this time she was transported to a Prague hospital "with llife-threatening injuries". She recovered and flew exhibition and competitions for the next couple of years, making appearances in numerous German cities, including Friedrichshafen, Leipzig, Hamburg, and Johannistal. |
Library of Congress Collection |
Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers |
from Jean-Pierre Lauwers |
Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers |
Unfortunately, as of 11-12-03, one of the most important websites had disappeared from the net. Luckily, I had excerpted the following paragraph from it before it was lost. by Radek Adamec |
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