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This is probably slightly misleading:

Posted by Christer on Mon Oct 28, 2002 05:28:33 AM

In reply top Re: the ages of WW II Pilots posted by Christer on Sun Oct 27, 2002 07:43:28 PM

:
: The Versailles Treaty didn?t allow Germany any motorized f
: lying at all. The treaty allowed gliding though which lead
: to a great interest in that subtype of flight. A side eff
: ect is that Germany is the world leader in the field of gl
: ider design today.
:

It was not only the Versailles Treaty that lead to german developement in gliding, the ban on motorized flying in Germany after WWII was probably more important in this respect.
In one way or another, war or the effects of war is the motor of developement.

Christer

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