Old eagles

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The aviation pioneers who, before the outbreak of World War I , had passed the pilot's examination in accordance with the regulations of the German Aviation Association in Germany and joined the community of the same name founded in 1927, called themselves the old eagles . An equivalent military pilot's license or special merits in or for aviation could also enable membership.

After the Second World War , Ernst Canter and Alfred Friedrich revitalized the community from 1951. In 1986, the community was as Traditionsgemeinschaft "Alte Adler " eV registered in the register of associations and non-profit organization. In the meantime, the conditions of admission had changed so that not only people who had acquired their pilot's license before August 1914 could become members.

In 1994, Martin Haller, probably the last "old eagle", died. Heinrich Kratz, previously mentioned here, is not a pre-war pilot, but only received his pilot's license in 1918.

The term “old eagle” is also in common parlance. According to Spiegel , there were 817 of these aviation pioneers.

People as old eagles are known

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Web links

literature

  • Willi Hackenberger: The old eagles. Pioneers in German aviation . Munich 1960

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "The development of the traditional community 'Alte Adler' since 1927." Retrieved on October 26, 2018.
  2. ↑ Aviation pioneer Max Schüler: From the young daredevil to the old eagle. Accessed on October 26, 2018.