Wilhelm Bretfeld was one of Germany's most creative boomerang designers. As a young boy, he set an official world record in small gliders by launching one that went 37 kilometers with a flight that exceeded 3 hours. Wilhelm became interested in boomerangs at an early age and developed his own models. Most of the early models were very large. Wilhelm was the first to discover that the secret to long boomerang flights was to have the lift arm longer than the dingle arm. In the 1970s, when the ret of the boomerang world was struggling to reach 20 seconds, Wilhelm was achieving 30-35 seconds using his early prototype MTAs. These early MTAs were very large and had no dihedral or angle of attack. Instead, they had lots of lead weights pounded into the blade tips and the undersides were scooped out to add plenty of camber. These MTAs did not climb very high. Instead, they had long duration flights because the airfoils were very efficient and the large heavily weighted blades had plenty of inertia to overcome aerodynamic drag losses. You can read more about Wilhelm Bretfeld on his Memorial web page.

This beautiful omega was handcrafted by Wilhelm as a gift to Brother Brian Thomas in 1998. This omega is painted in metallic blue and silver colors and it has a lead weight embedded into each blade tip and elbow. This boomerang is signed within the dedication on the undersside that reads "dedicated by Wilhelm Bretfeld to the boomerang friends down under in July 1998". Very good condition and a wonderful and rare collectable.