Erwin Bläske

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Erwin Bläske (born August 29, 1930 in Roggosen ; † January 5, 1991 ) was a German pilot. In 1968 he became individual and team world champion in motor aerobatics .

Life

Bläske trained on the GST - airfield Cottbus / Neuhausen . As a member of the GDR national team, he was able to achieve his first international success in 1964 at the world championships in Bilbao with third place in the team classification. In 1966 he reached third place in the team ranking at the motor aerobatic world championships in Tuschino together with Günter Börner, Peter Kahle, Dieter Kapphahn and Heinz Hübler. At the Aerobatic World Cup in 1968 in Magdeburg , Bläske won the individual title on a Zlín Z-526A and, together with Peter Kahle and Dieter Kapphahn, also the team title.

Bläske demonstrated his aerobatics on numerous flying days. His mirror flight with Heinz Richter at a distance of 5 meters, which served as a template for a stamp motif for Deutsche Post in 1968, was particularly well known.

Erwin Bläske was for many years director of the Finsterwalde glider airfield.

Postage stamp with the mirror flight

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gravestone on grabsteine.genealogy.net, accessed on September 13, 2016
  2. ↑ Lausitzer Rundschau: Neuhausener Flugplatz began with the Yak-18, from July 18, 2006, accessed on September 12, 2016
  3. ↑ Air sports in the GDR, part 2 . The dominance of the military. In: Ulrich Unger, Detlef Billig (Ed.): Fliegerrevue Extra . No. 11 . Möller, Berlin 2005, p. 18/19 .
  4. ↑ Aerosport 10/1966, pp. 336–338, accessed on August 12, 2016
  5. ^ Lausitzer Rundschau: Thursday: Stories about the glider airfield, May 18, 2010, accessed on September 23, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Bläske, Erwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pilot
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Roggosen
DATE OF DEATH 5th January 1991