Adolf Warchalonski
1910 Early in the morning of the 18th August, before the festivities in connection with the Emperor's birthday had begun, Adolf Warchalowski, on a machine which he has designed as the result of his experience with the Henry Farman biplane, succeeded in flying from Wiener-Neustadt to the Austrian capital and back to his starting place.
At twenty minutes past five, he rose from the aerodrome, and rapidly attained a height of 200 metres. Still rising, he headed for Vienna, and was soon over the Imperial castle at Laxenburg. Crossing the Danube, he made for the Cathedral of St. Stephen, and at 6.20 made a wide circle round it at a height of 700 metres, and then started off on the journey home, reaching Wiener-Neustadt safely at ten minutes to seven. During the hour and a half he had covered about 110 kiloms., this being the best cross-country flight so far made in Austria, completely eclipsing that made by Illner. The latter, although over a similar course, except that Illner did not fly over the city, was made in two stages. The Warchalowski machine was made at the Autoplan works, which, we understand, also builds the Pischoff monoplane.
The Wiener Neustadt airfield served as a training ground to the flight pioneers Igo Etrich, Karl Illner and Adolf Warchalowski, who conducted their tests there.
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Sources of Information
- Flight magazine of 3rd September 1910.