Heinrich Kubis

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Heinrich Kubis (born June 16, 1888 ; † 1979 ) was a German waiter who became the world's first flight attendant in 1912 when he looked after the passengers on the airship LZ 10 "Schwaben" . In the course of his career he survived the destruction of the LZ 10 "Schwaben" near Düsseldorf and the crash of the LZ 129 "Hindenburg" near Lakehurst .

Life

Heinrich Kubis (seventh from right, 1937)

Kubis worked in hotels at a young age. Due to his experience and his language skills, he was hired by the first Zeppelin airline DELAG in 1912 as the first flight attendant in the world. While it initially performed its services on the LZ 10 "Schwaben", it was used over the years on various airships, for example in 1919 on the LZ 120 "Bodensee" . On May 6, 1937, he was on board the LZ 129 "Hindenburg". When it crashed at Lakehurst , he saved the lives of himself and several passengers by encouraging them to jump out of the windows of the burning airship .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Time travel: flight attendant. Retrieved January 17, 2020 . In: GEO Saison , issue 03/2012, p. 105.
  2. ^ Lisa Wade: Before the Stewardess, the Steward: When Flight Attendants Were Men. In: The Society Pages. July 27, 2013, accessed July 7, 2020 .
  3. ^ Colin C. Law, A Flight Attendant's Essential Guide: From Passenger Relations to Challenging Situations . BrownWalker Press, Irvine, Boca Raton 2019, ISBN 978-1-62734-728-0 , pp. 2–3 (English, google.de [accessed July 7, 2020]).
  4. ^ First flight attendant in history. In: Global Training Aviation. August 6, 2019, accessed on July 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kubis, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German waiter, first flight attendant, survivor of the Hindenburg disaster
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1888
DATE OF DEATH 1979