Gerhard Sedlmayr
Gerhard Sedlmayr (* July 2, 1891 - August 31, 1952 ) was an engineer , aviation pioneer and entrepreneur.
Life
Gerhard Sedlmayr was the son of a senior physician from Strasbourg and lived as an engineering student in Trützschlerstrasse 2 in Johannisthal , at that time still near Berlin .
Sedlmayr was an apprentice and student pilot with the Wright brothers . During his training, he crashed in September 1911 with his flight instructor Paul Engelhard ; Engelhard was killed, Sedlmayr survived slightly injured. On February 20, 1912 he received the pilot's license No. 162 of the German Aviation Association. In the same year he set a total flight time record (from several take-offs) at the Johannisthaler Herbstflugwoche with seven hours and 42 minutes. This flight ended with what was probably the first night landing.
Sedlmayr then moved into the house at Sternplatz 4a, where he founded his specialty house for AUTOmobil and AVIATION , later Autoflug , there at the beginning of 1919 . His son of the same name was born on November 19, 1924. In the 1930s he produced Irvin parachutes, which then became standard equipment for the German Air Force . The plant was destroyed in the Second World War . His son rebuilt it in 1956 and moved it to Rellingen in Schleswig-Holstein in 1958 . The company still exists today and celebrated its 90th anniversary in 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flug-Revue , Volumes 4-5, p. 234, 1952.
- ↑ Gerhard-Sedlmayr-Strasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near Kaupert )
- ↑ johflug.de (PDF; 984 kB)
- ↑ AUTOFLUG anniversary: 90 years of competence in the rescue and safety of people on bdli.de.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sedlmayr, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Aviation pioneer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1891 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1952 |