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Bäumer Aero
Bäumer Aero GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Paul Bäumer. It is noted for producing the Bäumer Sausewind monoplane sports aircraft. History Paul Bäumer and Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp were successful fighter pilots in World War I and founded Bäumer Aero GmbH in Hamburg, Germany, on 7 November 1922 for the purpose of the sale of aircraft, accessories for airports, and airships. Initially, the company sold aircraft manufactured by Udet Flugzeugbau and Dietrich Flugzeugwerke. Bäumer Aero GmbH produced its first aircraft model, the Red Bird motor glider, in 1924. In 1925 the company became generally known for its Bäumer Sausewind sports aircraft, which was successful in the 1925 Round Germany Flight. The company manufactured a total of four examples of the successful Sausewind. The Alsterkind and Puck models followed. The company's design and construction team consisted of the young engineers Walter Günter, Walter Mertens, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bäumer
:''This article deals with Paul Bäumer the pilot. For the fictional Paul Bäumer, see All Quiet on the Western Front. For the late member of electronic music group Bingo Players, see Bingo Players'' Paul Wilhelm Bäumer known as The Iron Eagle (11 May 1896 – 15 July 1927) was a German fighter ace in World War I. Bäumer died in an air crash at Copenhagen on 15 July 1927, age 31, while test flying a Rohrbach Ro IX fighter, Rohrbach's test pilot had already been involved in a spinning accident, and Bäumer, acting as a freelance test pilot, continued the testing and died after the aircraft entered a spin and crashed in the Øresund. Background Bäumer was born on 11 May 1896 in Duisburg, Germany. He was a dental assistant before World War I, and earned a private pilot's license by the summer of 1914.Franks et al. 1993, pp. 66–67. Involvement in World War I At the start of the war, he joined the 70th Infantry Regiment. He served in both France and Russia, being wounded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dietrich Flugzeugwerke
Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "ruler of the people", but also "keeper of the keys" or "lockpick" (either the tool or the profession). Given name * Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398–1440) * Thierry of Alsace (; 1099–1168), Count of Flanders * Dietrich of Ringelheim (9th century), Saxon count and father of St Matilda * Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), German Lutheran pastor and theologian * Wilhelm Dietrich von Buddenbrock (1672–1757), Prussian field marshal and cavalry leader * Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637/39–1707), Danish-German composer and organist * Dietrich von Choltitz (1894–1966), German General and last commander of Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944 * Dietrich Eckart (1868–1923), German politician * Dietrich Enns (born 1991), American baseball player * Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (1925–2012), German baritone singer * Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889–1977), German Catholic philosopher and theologian * Dietrich Hollinderbäumer (born 1942), German-S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B III Alsterkind
B, or b, is the second letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''bee'' (pronounced ), plural ''bees''. It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to represent other bilabial consonants. History The Roman derived from the Greek capital beta (letter), beta via its Old Italic script, Etruscan and Archaic Greek alphabets#Euboean, Cumaean variants. The Greek letter was an adaptation of the Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician letter bet (letter), bēt . The Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Egyptian hieroglyphs, hieroglyph for the consonant voiced bilabial plosive, /b/ had been an image of a foot (hieroglyph), foot and calf , but bēt (Phoenician for "house") was a modified form of a Proto-Sinaitic script, Proto-Sinaitic glyph adapted from the separate Pr (hieroglyph), hieroglyph Pr meaning "house" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
