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THE ELMIRA ADVERTISER                               PAGE THREE
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[[image left caption]] Soaring Contest; or Distance Hop
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Riedel Hops 132 Miles To Set 3 New Records
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ing the nose of the ship to dig into the waist-high weeds.
As he attempted to right the glider's position, officials claim, the tail snapped rigidly in response to the sensitive rigidly in response to the sensitive controls and forced the ship to ground loop. The force of the blow as the ship struck the ground was vividly recorded on the barograph. The effect of righting the plane was like snapping a whip and the fuselage separated just in front of the tall assembly.
May Be Repaired
After the ship is inspected by the Department of Air Commerce representatives, it may be repaired at the Elmira Aviation Ground School.
With most pilots grounded because of adverse weather conditions,, attention was diverted to the radio controlled glider model, designed and built by Carl W. Thompson Jr., of Wilmington, Del.
 Thompson launched his 13-foot, taper-wing, by auto-tow and successfully controlled the plane by radio impulses, he was assisted by Ross Hull of New York, associate editor of QST official organ of the American Radio Relay League. 
After several attempts to get the craft aloft, it rose gracefully to about a 100 foot altitude, nosed out over the brow of the hill, made several spirals and returned to the slope of the hill. 
Richard C. du Pont had offered Thompson a cash award of $250 if he could soar the model for five minutes and return it to take-off  
After the 'Flying Anvil' Hammered to Earth
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[[image caption]] The Carnegie Tech "Flying Anvil," which is crashed in the American Airlines Airport Monday afternoon, sending William M. Eichleay of Dormont, Pa., to the hospital with a fractured leg. The glider, constructed to battle thunderhead formations, nosed in from a 100-foot altitude. Despite the drop the wings were damaged but remained intact.