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article by Mark Weber, a former member of the Nazi
National Alliance, and prominent Holocaust denier. His Holocaust denying activities have resulted in debate regarding the appropriateness of Penn State University providing police protection for his expression of free speech, as well as the
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University a few times a year, often during Jewish holidays. Striedieck enrolled in a Holocaust History class at Penn State University, where he promoted Holocaust denier views. His experience taking a Holocaust History class at Penn State University was the basis for an
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Striedieck grew up in a Nazi-sympathizing household. His father, Dr. Walter
Striedieck, a German instructor at University of Michigan, visited Nazi Germany in 1937. Dr. Striedieck's presentation to Deutscher Verein was described in an article in
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in the 1960s, ultimately setting nine world records flying gliders there. He was selected for the U.S. national soaring team 12 times, won a silver medal in the world championships in 1978, 1983 and became world champion in 2024.
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Dr. Striedieck reports "the majority of people seem wholeheartedly in favor of Hitler" and "although most
Germans appear to favor Hitler, there are a good many under-cover Communists even in the ranks of the Storm Troopers."
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in 1965, he started flying gliders when he and Bill Clark co-founded the
Nittany Soaring Club, flying out of the former State College Air Depot. He has over 15,000 flying hours, with nearly half of that total in gliders.
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Straight distance to a declared goal: 1288.79 km, 18 April 1997, Eagle Field, Pennsylvania
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World
Gliding Champion with Sarah Arnold 20m 2 seat class Uvalde, TX 2024
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U.S. Schreder 15M Trophy 1977, 1980, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1999, 2001
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Free distance using up to 3 turn points: 1434.99 km, 12 May 1994,
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Striedieck moved his home to the Eagle Field private airport on top of
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Striedieck was active in denying and minimizing the atrocities of
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Distance over a triangular course: 1362.68 km, 2 May 1986,
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Exceptional
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U.S. Standard Class Trophy 1973, 1980, 1981, 1992, 1996;
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Out-and-return distance: 1634.70 km, 9 May 1977,
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550:Lilienthal Gliding Medal
240:Moffat Trophy 2018, 2023
132:Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
122:Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
414:www.antisemitism.org.il
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231:Lattimore Trophy 1999
201:Lilienthal Medal 1971
90:World gliding records
17:Karl H. Striedieck II
962:Bob Henderson (2012)
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251:Soaring Hall of Fame
142:Julian, Pennsylvania
29:Soaring Hall of Fame
443:The Daily Collegian
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737:August Hug
689:Anne Burns
671:Heinz Huth
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