Božena Laglerová

Bozena Laglerová, also Bozena Lagler ( born December 11, 1888 in Prague, † October 8, 1941 in Prague) was a Bohemian- Austrian flight pioneer.

Life

Originally Laglerová visited the Conservatory, where she studied singing and acting. She performed under the stage name Frieda Gerome. In 1908 she went to acting training to Paris. She was also a singer in the Weinberger Thater in Prague, where she sang in operettas such as the bat or in the dollar princess.

Even as a journalist she worked, for example, for the magazine home and world.

But gained in importance as Laglerová aviator. She learned to fly in the German aviation pioneer Hans Grade, whose first pupil she was. Grade also provided aircraft. On these machines, she began her training in the spring of 1911. 's Exam in July it reached an altitude of 150 meters when the engine failed and it crashed into a tree. After the severe injuries she was able to work normally again after six weeks. Your last flight training she received in Wiener Neustadt. There was also Karl Illner one of her teachers.

But soon after, she began to fly and obtained your flight ticket with the number 37 of the Austrian Aero Club on 10 October 1911. On October 19, 1911, she was awarded with the number 125 the German ticket as a second wife to Melli Beese that it in September got.

According to various sources, she had a fall from a height of 1500 meters near Kladno in the Czech Republic, from where it was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries to Prague on 22 or October 24, 1911.

After her recovery, she flew at exhibitions and trade fairs for several years in German cities, such as Friedrichshafen, Leipzig, Hamburg or Johannistal.