Oh this is classic! My Grandfather flew the first glider to ever fly in Hiawwii in 1929. Lt. Norme Frost. The glider looked just like these with the wheels. The second flight by Otto Hornung jr. was injured a week later when it crashed at Rodgers Airport. It was called the Dude glider. Thank you for putting this video together. Sorry, it crashed at Ward Airport.
Listening to how well spoken Ruth is, perfectly grammatical, expressive, it makes it clear how far we have fallen in our culture. Compare her speech to the average person interviewed in media today and you can see they paid more attention in those days to cultivating language skills.
Ruth Elder was my dad's cousin. I've done some research and she was an amazing woman. The only difficult part for me is I can't seem to find any living relatives other than my dad Thomas McClellan and he is 86. And, Amelia Earhart was the first woman PASSENGER to cross the Atlantic. At no time did she pilot the aircraft. And that's history.
Hi Venny. My name is Dixie Elder. My father was William Cullen Elder. I think Ruth Elder was Dad's Aunt. He went with her to the premiere of "Gone With the Wind." He told me she was a "Hollywood Actress" & a "barnstormer." I never got to meet her, sadly. There are a Lot of adventurous, travel-loving people in our family. My father mapped Antarctica with a team of USGS surveyors in 1961/62. A mountain peak & a glacier are named after him. He mapped all over the US. My family moved 48 times before I turned 13. My cousin Jim Elder & his son Wyatt are professional surfers & divers. So is my nephew Todd Elder. I have traveled all over the world, including to Africa, Iceland, the Orkney Islands & beyond. Please feel free to connect up with me if you'd like to do so. I will look here again for your reply. I'm on facebook under Dixie Johnsonelder
OOPS Venny, I'm under Dixie Elderjohnson. Not Dixie Johnsonelder. Sorry about that & look forward to hearing from you! I've been to Scotland with my husband & found our kin in a ledger in the Sutherland castle.
something feels about this clip, it just seriously doesnt look like 1930, it look nowaday, the reporter, the guy, the boy training on the plane.. amazing
@speedcrank you took the words outa my mouth, nothing has changed, except materials and small adjustable things. airplane technology started :1903, ended unfortunately 1941
if anyone is interested in more info on Ruth, I have tons and glad to share. Dixie, I'm so glad to hear from you and will contact you this weekend via facebook. I'm doing a geneology study on my dads side "the McClellans and McHale's. would love to talk to you. From what I gather from my dad and pics of my grandfather McClellan with Ruth, she was my grandfather's brother's niece. so much history. we had a lot of motorcycle racers and winners in the family too.
Man, these boy scouts got to fly and all i ever got to do was go camping once a month!
There was true passion back then for airplane modeling. Nowadays there is only a mountain of polystyrene and depron crap!
Oh this is classic! My Grandfather flew the first glider to ever fly in Hiawwii in 1929. Lt. Norme Frost. The glider looked just like these with the wheels. The second flight by Otto Hornung jr. was injured a week later when it crashed at Rodgers Airport. It was called the Dude glider. Thank you for putting this video together.
Sorry, it crashed at Ward Airport.
What a precious gem of a film this is for aviation history. Thanks!
Air Mindedness! I knew there had to be a name for this affliction I've got! GREAT VIDEO, THANKS!
Wow this is pretty cool. She's my grandpa's cousin, we used to have her pilots hat on display but donated to a museum in Alabama.
Wow, I'll bet that girl broke some hearts!
She still does and how sad shes long gone.
Great , Great Video. Gliding is fling like a bird.
Listening to how well spoken Ruth is, perfectly grammatical, expressive, it makes it clear how far we have fallen in our culture. Compare her speech to the average person interviewed in media today and you can see they paid more attention in those days to cultivating language skills.
Now that is an activity.
Ruth Elder -- "Our American Girl" -- speaks! Thanks for posting. Did you know that she almost beat Amelia Earhart in crossing the Atlantic?
She's also a distant ancestor of mine. :)
Ruth Elder was my dad's cousin. I've done some research and she was an amazing woman. The only difficult part for me is I can't seem to find any living relatives other than my dad Thomas McClellan and he is 86. And, Amelia Earhart was the first woman PASSENGER to cross the Atlantic. At no time did she pilot the aircraft. And that's history.
Hi Venny. My name is Dixie Elder. My father was William Cullen Elder. I think Ruth Elder was Dad's Aunt. He went with her to the premiere of "Gone With the Wind." He told me she was a "Hollywood Actress" & a "barnstormer." I never got to meet her, sadly. There are a Lot of adventurous, travel-loving people in our family. My father mapped Antarctica with a team of USGS surveyors in 1961/62. A mountain peak & a glacier are named after him. He mapped all over the US. My family moved 48 times before I turned 13. My cousin Jim Elder & his son Wyatt are professional surfers & divers. So is my nephew Todd Elder. I have traveled all over the world, including to Africa, Iceland, the Orkney Islands & beyond. Please feel free to connect up with me if you'd like to do so. I will look here again for your reply. I'm on facebook under Dixie Johnsonelder
OOPS Venny, I'm under Dixie Elderjohnson. Not Dixie Johnsonelder. Sorry about that & look forward to hearing from you! I've been to Scotland with my husband & found our kin in a ledger in the Sutherland castle.
something feels about this clip, it just seriously doesnt look like 1930, it look nowaday, the reporter, the guy, the boy training on the plane.. amazing
if only they new back then how far the aviation world would go.
Incredible
Very smooth landing amazing
this is amazing
nice, how things have changed but remain the same.
@speedcrank you took the words outa my mouth, nothing has changed, except materials and small adjustable things. airplane technology started :1903, ended unfortunately 1941
Wow, really great video!
Gliding 1930 was easier than 2020
You haven't seen hang gliding?
How fantastic to build a Peel glider and fly it again.I wonder if the drawings still exist.😎
Don’t know about drawings, but there’s an extant Peel Glider Boat somewhere in NY ( Long Island or Elmira).
if anyone is interested in more info on Ruth, I have tons and glad to share. Dixie, I'm so glad to hear from you and will contact you this weekend via facebook. I'm doing a geneology study on my dads side "the McClellans and McHale's. would love to talk to you. From what I gather from my dad and pics of my grandfather McClellan with Ruth, she was my grandfather's brother's niece. so much history. we had a lot of motorcycle racers and winners in the family too.
wow!
zajebiste lepsze niż wieczorynka pokaże to swoim wnukom
hey dixie, more than one person comes up under that name....help...i really want talk to you
2020 lol
Cool video. Check out my 1960 Nellis Air show my dad made.
co najlepsze byłem tam hahahh