Charlotte Möhring
Charlotte Möhring (born March 31, 1887 in Pankow , Niederbarnim district ; † October 19, 1970 in Berlin ) was a German aviation pioneer and, after Melli Beese, the second woman in Germany who was qualified to fly with a pilot's license .
Early life
Little is known about the early life of Charlotte Möhring. She was married to the aviation pioneer Georg Mürau , who had opened a flight school at the Essen-Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen airfield in the spring of 1912 .
pilot
1911 Charlotte Mohring was a Rumpler Taube of Johannisthal airfield to airfield Döberitz flown. She was the first student to learn to fly at Rotthausen Airport, flying on a Grade monoplane . On September 7, 1912, she received a license number 285, making her the second female pilot in Germany. She later became a flight instructor. After the end of the First World War there was a flight ban in Germany and she no longer practiced this profession.
A sign of life from Charlotte Möhring dates from 1953, when she wrote down her enthusiasm for flying in a commemorative publication.
The last time Charlotte Möhring was reported was in 1962, when the Hamburger Abendblatt featured the 50th anniversary of the pilot's licenses for both spouses.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jo Gernoth: Die flotte Lotte , WAZ from October 15, 2014. Retrieved January 17, 2015
- ^ Winged Victory. Woman in Aviation on the thunderchild.com (English). Retrieved January 17, 2015
- ↑ Met during an emergency landing , Hamburger Abendblatt archive of March 30, 1962. Retrieved on March 7, 2009, before the switch to paywall
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Möhring, Charlotte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aviation pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pankow , Niederbarnim district |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th October 1970 |
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany |