Female glider pilots - Jena

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Jena University was one of the places where females were flying gliders.

These photos are from Jena 1936-1937.

Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt. Jena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena // History

http://www.sport-geschichte-jena.de/fileadmin/pdf/Sportgeschichte_Korrekturexemplar_komprimiert.pdf [German]

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Photos, part one:
2. Newspaper clipping, 13 February 1937

Have a nice trip "Universität Jena" und "Fuchsturm"
The gliders of the University of Jena are inaugurated.

Ministerialrat (Head of Department) Stier, Thüringischen Volksbildungsministerium (Thuringian Ministry of National Education) inaugurates the Zögling 35 glider "Fuchsturm".

1. Photo from the inauguration.

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Photos, part two:

Female glider students and their teacher

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Photos, part 3:

Two glider mates

Note the special students cap and the DLV badge.

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