Lithuanian Aero Air Club Vtg 1938 LAK Photo GLIDER PLANE & PILOT LY-NERIJA, Rare

Original vintage 1938 snapshot photograph of glider plane operated by the Aeroclub of Lithuania. Pencil note on the back of the photo reads: "Lithuanian Aero Club 1938" There is also a faded note on the back as well but it is in a foreign language with the date: "1938" The name "Nerija" is displayed on the side of the glider plane. Please see the history of the Lithuanian Aero Club below....


Photo measures approx. 2 & 1/4 in. x 3 & 1/2 in.

Condition: Original 1938 snapshot photograph in very good vintage condition with no tears or stains. two creases at the lower left corner, please see scanned images

Wikipedia: "Aeroclub of Lithuania was established on April 28, 1927, in Kaunas, then a provisional capital of Lithuania. Among the founders of the Air Club were country's president Antanas Smetona, commander of armed forces general Silverstras Žukauskas, opera singer Kipras Petrauskas, industrial tycoon Jonas Vailiokaitis. One of the key promoters of the establishment of the national air club and also its founder was Steponas Darius, a military pilot, active promoter of sports, latter a trans-Atlantic pilot. LAK's goals included promotion of civil aviation as well as pilot’s training. First four civil pilots were trained in 1930, first glider's pilots - in 1932. In 1933 LAK has established its own gliding school in Nida.[2] In January 1935, LAK Sports Squadron was formed of civil pilots and technicians. Since 1936 it was sponsored by Military Aviation, as most of civil pilots could not afford to pay for 20-40 training flight hours per year. Further to its basis in Kaunas, by 1940, the LAK had its pilots’ training sections in Biržai. Panevėžys, Ukmergė and Zarasai. Training of skydivers was started in 1929,[3] of acrobatic pilots - in 1932, air modelling - in 1934. LAK was actively promoting the establishment of national civil aviation agency – an Aerial Communication Inspection under the Ministry of Communication (Lith. Oro susisiekimo inspekcija prie Susisiekimo ministerijos), established in 1935. In 1939 the aerial ambulance services were launched in cooperation with the Red Cross Society of Lithuania and a dedicated aircraft (Farman F.393) was acquired. T-1 (BrO-1) - first Lithuanian glider, construction of which was supported by LAK. 1932. In early 1930s LAK supported the acquisition of gliders (starting from A.Lippisch’s RRG 23 „Zögling“) and subsequent localisation of its production in Lithuania (starting from Bronius Oškinis' T-1 (BrO-1) as well as latter constructions by B. Oškinis, Balys Karvelis, A. Paknys, A. Gysas, Z. Rimša, V. Šalavėjus). Gregorius Radvenis-Heidrikis, the first Lithuanian glider's instructor, got his license under LAK sponsorship in Rossiten gliding school in 1931.  First trainings took place in Pažaislis, near Kaunas, after 1932 the school was moved to Nida, after annexation of Klaipėda by the Nazi Germany and the return of Vilnius to Lithuania - to Aukštagiris. As of 1939 the LAK had 51 civil pilot as its members. In 1935, LAK started publishing “Lietuvos sparnai” – own monthly magazine (closed in 1940 by the Soviet occupation authorities). In 1937, LAK organized first civil national aviation festival (earlier such events were organized by the military), in 1938 – aviation sports competition during National Olympics, in 1939 – first air sport competition of the Baltic States. In 1931, LAK has joined FAI (fr. Fédération aéronautique internationale)."


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Type I - A Photograph developed from the original negative - 1st Generation Photo