Robert Kronfeld
Robert Kronfeld · Technology & Engineering
Austrian gliding champion and sailplane designer; first pilot to fly a glider across the English Channel (1931), held world distance and altitude records.
1904, Vienna, Austria-Hungary — 1948, Lasham, England
Vienna, Germany and Britain
Robert Kronfeld is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Austrian gliding champion and sailplane designer; first pilot to fly a glider across the English Channel (1931), held world distance and altitude records.
Robert Kronfeld was an Austrian-born gliding champion and sailplane designer from a Jewish family. In 1931 he became the first pilot to fly a glider across the English Channel, and he set world distance and altitude records that advanced the sport of gliding. He fled Nazi persecution to Britain, took British nationality, and died testing an experimental tailless glider.
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Austrian gliding champion and sailplane designer; first pilot to fly a glider across the English Channel (1931), held world distance and altitude records.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kronfeld
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