Aug. 6, 1934

My Brother has dreamed about flying, believed

in the possibility of human flight in his early boy-

hood and at the age of 13 made his first wing

to try gliding. Of course his first attempt was...

his tendencies showed themselves only in a hobby

for kiteflying and devouring all literature per-

taining to flying and there was very little of it those

days and for him hard to get on account of our

pecunarity. The wings I wrote  you about I mean

those days I never saw him try them and

I don't know today which witnesses I could find.

Our Grandmother who help to sew them is dead

since 1898. Before my mother died in 1886, she

About Gustave's youth, I only remember his hobby was

to fly little open balloons (parachutes) with attached

cork and candle. Sometimes the police came to our house

for they were afraid that the flying, burning candles might

set fire to filled barns. Frequently father spanked

him for doing this. I may add that Gustave observed

the currents of the air by means of very large kites which

he called "boxer".