Jeżów Sudecki glider airfield
| Glider airfield Jeżów Sudecki Lotnisko Jeżów Sudecki |
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| Characteristics | |
| ICAO code | EPJS |
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| Height above MSL | 559 m (1834 ft ) |
| Basic data | |
| opening | 1927 |
| operator | Aeroklub Jeleniogórski |
| Start-and runway | |
| 14/32 | 430 m × 90 m grass |
The Jeżów Sudecki glider airfield ( Lotnisko Jeżów Sudecki in Polish , ICAO code : EPJS ) is a glider airfield of the Jeleniogórski Aeroclub (Aeroclub Hirschberg) in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in Poland . The course is located two kilometers northeast of the village Jeżów Sudecki ( German Grunau ) and five kilometers from Jelenia Góra (Hirschberg) .
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The airfield is located on the side summit of the Szybowcowa Góra ( glider mountain ; formerly Schieferberg ) of the Bober-Katzbach Mountains and, like the glider airfield Bezmiechowa , is approved for roll start among other things . The course was laid out from 1927 by the Grunau gliding school and achieved a high level of awareness.
The site has five runways . The nearest commercial airport is Jelenia Góra (EPJG) of the same aero clubs.
History - Grunau gliding school
After the end of the First World War , former war pilots formed the "Bund Deutscher Flieger Hirschberg eV". Following a suggestion by Walter Blume , the location in the north of the Hirschberg valley basin was chosen as the location for the Grunau gliding school . Reichsgraf Schaffgotsch donated 40 solid cubic meters of wood, which were exchanged for an old, dismantled exhibition hall during the inflationary period .
With the support of the "Schlesiergruppe" of the German Aviation Association (DLV) , the dismantled hall was transported from Görlitz to Grunau and built on the eastern edge of the village. It served as a workshop, accommodation and hangar for the aircraft to be built. Gottlob Espenlaub and Edmund Schneider brought their experience with them from the Wasserkuppe , they built the first glider planes and conducted the first courses.
From 1927 the hall and flight operations were relocated to the "Galgenberg", which, with its slopes sloping to the south, east and north, offered an ideal training ground. From 1929 training courses could be offered there all year round. In 1928, Schneider founded Edmund Schneider Segelflugzeugbau Grunau (ESG). He had married into a nursery, on the premises of which he built a new workshop. Schneider developed the school glider Grunau 9 (ESG-9) there, was involved in the construction of the Moazagotl (Grunau 7) and finally constructed his successful model Grunau Baby .
The reputation of the flight school was gliding pioneer Wolf Hirth multiplied, which was from 1931 to 1933 flight controllers and Grunau with Hans German man the glider in the lee wave discovered. During this time, Hanna Reitsch and Wernher von Braun also learned to fly here.
Others
The upper part of the coat of arms of Gmina Jeżów Sudecki shows a glider over a mountain.
See also
Web links
- General information with card . (Polish)
- Grunau Baby Homepage : Grunau gliding school and the development of the Grunau baby .