Leutnant Mackenthun, early German military pilot

Leutnant Mackenthun, one of Germany's first military pilots, sits with his observers in his biplane at the first large military long distance flight in 1911. The route was Berlin-Hamburg-Bremen-Hannover-Braunschweig-Berlin. Throughout the launch and landing sites large jubilant crowds gathered, as here in Hanover

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