HISTORY
Bowlus was an expert at
soaring flight and at
building gliders,
established numerous
records, trained many of
America's earliest glider
pilots, and gave gliding
lessons to both Charles and
Anne Lindbergh. In 1930 he
and Lindbergh glided at
various locations in
California. Most notably
Point Loma in San Diego
California where Bowlus
conducted many of his
flights and tests.
Charles Lindbergh
established a regional
distance record for gliders
by flying in a Bowlus
sailplane from Mount Soledad
in La Jolla to Del Mar,
making use of the lift at
the Torrey Pines Gliderport.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh also
flew in a Bowlus sailplane
from Mount Soledad and
became the first woman in
the United States to receive
a "first class" glider
license (Maxine Dunlap had
preceded her in becoming the
first woman in the United
States to receive a glider
license of any kind, a
"third class" glider
license). Bowlus was also
the first American to break
Orville Wright's 1911
soaring duration record in
an American designed and
built sailplane.
Bowlus was inducted into the
Soaring Hall of Fame in
1954.
Source:
Wikipedia
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