Ernst Günter Haase

Ernst Günter Haase (born July 13, 1913 in Dortmund ; † May 2, 2010 in Egmating ) was a German designer and glider pilot who became world champion in the open class in 1958 . He was design manager at Bölkow GmbH. He led the development of Bo 105 , Bo 46 and other models. Haase last lived with Ebersberg .

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Haase attended high school in Dortmund, graduated from high school in 1932 , studied aircraft construction at the TH Berlin and graduated on March 11, 1940 with a degree in engineering . During the Second World War he was the head of the aeronautical and technical test centers for sport aviation, which in 1940 were affiliated to the Reichsegelflugschule Trebbin near Berlin . There he came into contact with the development of the so-called “stubby hawk”. After the war and until his retirement he held managerial positions at Bölkow / MBB . There he played a key role in the development of the Bo series helicopters. He paid particular attention to passive safety through the appropriate design of the cell and rotor structure. The use of fiber composite materials played a decisive role here. In addition, Haase, together with Heinz Kensche and Ferdinand Schmetz in Herzogenrath , developed and built two trend-setting gliders, the HKS 1 (two-seater) and HKS 3 (single-seater) . On the HKS 3 he became the first German to win a world championship in gliding again after the Second World War. In addition to top sporting achievements (5 participations in world championships - uninterrupted from 1952 to 1960), Haase also worked as a volunteer glider instructor for decades. He ended his aviation career at the age of 85 with the flying group "Bölkow" at Vogtareuth airfield.

Gliding

In 1930 he started gliding. In 1933 he got his A to C license at the Borkenberge glider airfield and also got his glider license in 1933 at the Laucha glider airfield.

In 1935 he became a glider instructor and in 1936 acquired his motorized pilot's license.

In 1936 he won the Grunau competition with a 300 km flight .

1951 Participation in the new version of Wolf Hirth's "Handbuch des Segelfliegens"

In 1952 he set the world speed record for two-seaters over the 100 km triangle with an average speed of 80.90 km / h at the Klippeneck glider airfield .

1953ff he was German glider master and twice runner-up.

In 1958 he won the VII World Gliding Championship in Leszno , Poland in the open class with the HKS 3 glider, which he designed and built in cooperation with Kensche and Schmetz.

In 1998 he ended his aviation activities. He won the gold badge with two diamonds and was awarded the silver laurel leaf .

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Aviation, issue 3/2010 p. 34

Web links

• Biography of Ernst Günter Haase
• Report in Münchner Merkur on his 95th birthday