Benno König
Benno König (born June 16, 1885 in Untermenzing , † July 1, 1912 in Altona ) was a German locksmith , chauffeur and aviation pioneer . On July 10, 1911, he won the first flight to Germany , an overland flight competition over 13 stages.
Life
König completed an apprenticeship as a locksmith and initially worked as a chauffeur for a few years before turning to aviation. He obtained his flight machine operator certificate No. 45 on December 29, 1910 from Simon Brunnhuber at the Johannisthal airfield with a Farman biplane. He then worked as a flight instructor for the airline company (LVG) , where he trained seven flight students in the spring of 1911.
König took part in the Germany flight with a 360 kg Albatros Farman double decker with a wingspan of 10.5 meters. The machine was equipped with a 51 kW (70 PS) Gnome motor , which turned the propeller at 1,200 rpm and consumed 28 liters of gasoline and one liter of oil per operating hour.
About a year after his success on the Germany flight, on June 30, 1912, his plane overturned after an engine failure over Langenfelde while landing on a road outside the city. Afterwards, König was injured and taken to the Altona hospital , where he died on the morning of July 1, 1912.
swell
- Aviation 1911, III. Year
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Flugsport , Volume IV, No. 14, July 3, 1912, p. 548
- ↑ a b c bz-berlin of June 12, 2011
- ↑ Aviation , III. Year, No. 17, August 9, 1911, p. 612
- ↑ bz-berlin of June 12, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | King, Benno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aviation pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Untermenzing |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1912 |
| Place of death | Altona |