Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft

The Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft (RRG) or Rhön-Rossitten Society was a German gliding organization, the first one in the world that was officially recognised. The Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft was mainly responsible for establishing gliding as a sport, not only in Germany but eventually throughout the world. When Theodore von Kármán looked back at the Treaty of Versailles, he saw the motor-flight prohibition as a mistake: Though he had left Germany long before writing, Kármán recalled some advances made there:

Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft

The Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft (RRG) or Rhön-Rossitten Society was a German gliding organization, the first one in the world that was officially recognised. The Rhön-Rossitten Gesellschaft was mainly responsible for establishing gliding as a sport, not only in Germany but eventually throughout the world. When Theodore von Kármán looked back at the Treaty of Versailles, he saw the motor-flight prohibition as a mistake: Though he had left Germany long before writing, Kármán recalled some advances made there: