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Karl Illner 1912
On the 16th July 1910 an airplane with engine taxied on to the new racetrack in Salzburg-Aigen for the very first time.

A short flight ended with the crash of the Bleriot aircraft, but the pilot Josef Auer was only slightly injured. On 12th May 1912, 15000 inhabitants of Salzburg gazed in admiration at the aviator Karl Illner who flew over the parade grounds in Maxglan, the location of today's airport, on the occasion of an "air show".



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