Fridolin Keidel
Fridolin Keidel (born December 27, 1882 in Augsburg , † June 26, 1960 ) was an aviation pioneer.
Life
From 1906 he worked as an airship fitter and machinist at the Motorluftschiff-Studiengesellschaft mbH. From September 1909 he worked as a driver for the Wright brothers , who offered him free pilot training. After he had obtained the license to fly no. 5 on a Wright two-decker on April 27, 1910 at Johannisthal Airfield , he was taken on as a flight instructor by Wright . Among his students were Robert Thelen , Melli Beese and Käthe Paulus .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Kauther, Paul Wirtz: Robert Thelen - An old eagle in Berlin-Johannisthal (= series of documents on the Johannistal airfield 1909-1914 . Issue 27). 1st edition. GRIN Verlag , 2011, ISBN 978-3-640-98887-7 , pp. 24 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
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| SURNAME | Keidel, Fridolin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flight pioneer and flight instructor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 27, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1960 |