Photographs of the International Glider Meet at Elmira, New York in July 1937. Various gliders are shown on the ground, mostly German sailplanes. Probably taken at the Eighth Annual National Soaring Contest, held June 26 to July 11, 1937, at Elmira, New York. Central aircraft is Schleicher Sperber Senior (D4-502), which was flown by Peter Riedel during the contest.
Glider flying is still very much active at the same location in Elmira, New York. On August 20, 2018, my wife, Mary and I, visited the site, which has a large museum with a collection of actual gliders as well as models of most if not all American gliders, civilian and military. They have the fuselage of a Waco CG-4A cargo glider among other items depicting World War II gliders and operations.
Ray Merriam
