Hans Gericke
Hans Gericke (born December 8, 1871 in Potsdam , † October 20, 1912 near Gröditz ) was an engineer and aeronaut.
Gericke studied at the Technical University in Darmstadt and was a member of the Corps Hassia there . As an engineer, he was employed by the Schuckert Works , the Royal Railway Directorate in Berlin and later at large facilities in Canada and Denver.
From 1908 he was involved in airship sports and in August 1909 became a balloon pilot. His double crossing of the English Channel from Essen via Ostend to southern England (1910) caused a sensation. In October 1910 he and his assistant Samuel F. Perkins set a record of 40 hours in the Düsseldorf II balloon . In 1911 he won the Gordon Bennett Cup together with Otto Duncker from Wilmersdorf . When trying to set a height record together with Wilhelm Dieudonné Stieler (1888-1912) in the Ballon Reichsflugverein , they crashed in 1912 on a field near the village of Gröditz .
literature
- Alfred Derlamm: Gordon Bennett Competitions ; P. 82f ( online )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ NY Times of October 30, 1910: BREAKING THE WORLD'S RECORD IN A BALLOON FLIGHT
- ↑ Katastrofa balonowa . In: Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny No. 244, October 24, 1912, p. 7 (Polish)
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| SURNAME | Gericke, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German engineer and aeronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 20, 1912 |
| Place of death | near Gröditz |