Ludwig Lohner (15 July 1858 – 14 July 1925) ran his family's company as it became one of the first manufacturers of cars and airplanes in

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Life and work

Lohner studied mechanical engineering at the

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from 1875 to 1880. In 1887 he took over the management of his father's carriage company, Jacob Lohner & Company, and inherited it when his father died in 1892. In 1897, the company began manufacturing electric automobiles. Lohner hired

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in 1898, and with him developed the

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which was popular at the 1900 World Exposition in Paris. The partnership went on to develop mixed gasoline-electric drive cars. In 1909 Lohner decided the company should make airplanes. With technical manager Karl Paulal he built a glider in April 1909Steinböck, 1984, p. 33 then began to invest in making powered aircraft with a 40-hp Anzani engine.

References

Bibliography

* Erwin Steinböck. 1984. ''Lohner zu Land, zu Wasser und in der Luft: die Geschichte eines industriellen Familienunternehmens von 1823-1970.'' H. Weishaupt. (In German)

External links

Lohner company
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lohner, Ludwig Austrian business executives 1858 births 1925 deaths Aviation pioneers