Lone Woman Takes on World's Top Men in NZ Grand Prix

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.

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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Looks like we are being spammed by a PR company that can get the facts
straight or post the proper URL

dropletmedia.co.nz

Dont suppose they could lend me that ASW 28 for the Nationals then get it
back over in time for the GP ?

should read can not

"Mal" wrote in message
...
Looks like we are being spammed by a PR company that can get the facts
straight or post the proper URL

dropletmedia.co.nz

Dont suppose they could lend me that ASW 28 for the Nationals then get it
back over in time for the GP ?

Mal wrote:
should read can not

Yeah, we figured that out :-)

Tony V.