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Basser's World Record Flight
From the left: Curt Ungewitter,
Rumpler Works Pilot,
Flugzeugfuhrer No. 683 from 17.2.1914; Rekordflieger Robert Thelan,
Flugzeugfuhrer Nr.9 from 11.5.1910; Hackstetter;
Gustav Basser,
with a floral wreath on his arm, Flugzeugfuhrer Nr. 354 from 24.1.1913; Rumpler; Werkmeister Schurer;
Werner Wieting, Flugzeugfuhrer Nr. 312
from 15.10.1912 ( bildete als Fluglehrer u.a. Gunther Pluschow,
den "Flieger von Tsingtau" aus); M. von Stoephasius, Flugzeugfuhrer Nr.
434 from 17.6.1913.
Gustav Basser had just concluded his world record flight, in a Rumpler of course!
Text and photo courtesy of Rene Hackstetter, 10-30-04 |
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