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in 1930, achieving a speed of 90 kilometers per hour. He had already been known as a "renowned German sailplane pilot" before, because of his various designs and his piloting abilities. Therefore, he was asked to test fly numerous new kinds of aircraft, such as the A2 airplane in 1929 built by
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designed for them. He invented a number of different aircraft, focusing on tailless designs. Espenlaub co-founded the practice of
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