Hessen-Flieger Verein für Luftfahrt 1924 Darmstadt
| Hessen-Flieger Verein für Luftfahrt 1924 Darmstadt (HFD) |
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| purpose | Promotion of motorized aviation - especially the youth - as well as the maintenance of tradition in the interests of aviation |
| Chair: | Martin Hagen |
| Executive Director: | Reinhold Langner |
| Establishment date: | 1924 |
| Number of members: | about 150 |
| Seat : | Egelsbach |
| Website: | www.hessen-flieger.org |
The Hessen-flyer club for aviation in 1924 Darmstadt eV is a non-profit organization , the care of yourself air sports and aeronautical training ordered. The association is based at Frankfurt-Egelsbach Airport . It is one of the oldest and most traditional aviation clubs in Germany and has around 150 members.
history
precursor
The interest in aviation in Darmstadt can be traced back to the 18th century, because as early as 1783, Hereditary Prince Ludwig I of Hesse-Darmstadt brought small balloons from Paris to experiment with at court. In 1908 August Euler founded the Euler flying machine works in Griesheim . In 1911 the Hessische Flugstudien-Gesellschaft was set up, which in 1913 was renamed Verein für Luftfahrt Darmstadt and in 1925 merged with the Hessen-Fliegern founded in 1924, whose members had participated in reliability flights, flight days, exhibitions and lectures since 1911.
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Weimar Republic
Since the Darmstadt airfield Griesheimer Sand was occupied by the French until 1930 after the First World War , the association was the first to successfully promote the construction of a new airfield. The city of Darmstadt left the so-called Lichtwiese to the establishment of a new airfield, which was inaugurated on July 13th and 14th, 1924. After the French troops withdrew in 1930, the Griesheimer Sand airfield was restored and also used by the Hessen pilots. In the spring of 1934, flight operations were officially relocated from Lichtwiese to Griesheimer Sand.
In the Third Reich
In the course of the synchronization in the Third Reich , all remaining club members were asked to join Regional Group 11 Darmstadt of the new German Air Sports Association . The Hessen-Flieger Association came to a complete standstill.
post war period
The post-war period brought great challenges for the Darmstadt pilots, because their former home airfield was occupied by the US Army . The aviation enthusiasts first gathered in the Aero Club Darmstadt from 1951 and from 1953 also in the Darmstadt Sports Aviation Club. In 1968 a group of motorized pilots decided to revive the Hessen-Flieger Verein and its traditions, as there was a prospect of using the occupied Griesheimer Sand.
On January 17, 1969, ten flight enthusiasts met in Darmstadt's restaurant Zum Rosengarten and decided to re-establish the association, and on February 7 the first general meeting took place.
In 1992, the US Army announced that the Hesse pilots would share the airfield on May 31, and the association moved to its current location at Egelsbach airfield.
Griesheim triangle
The Griesheimer Dreieck was a navigation flight competition that was organized for the first time on September 2, 1972 by the Hessen-Fliegern and the BFS Fliegerclub. The competition included answering questions on various aviation-related topics as well as a triangular flight Oppenheim - Bensheim - Bismarck tower with search images. The most prominent participant in the first Griesheim triangle was Darmstadt's Lord Mayor Heinz Winfried Sabais . Until 1990, the competition was held annually in early summer.
public relation
At irregular intervals, the association and its cooperation partner - the DFS Fliegerclub - organize charity events where seriously ill children and their families are invited for sightseeing flights. Since 2018, the Hessen-Flieger have been organizing an annual airfield festival in cooperation with other residents of the Egelsbach airfield.
fleet
The association currently operates four aircraft.
- D-EWWF - Diamond Aircraft DV20 Katana
- D-ETLA - Piper Aircraft P28A-181 Archer III
- D-EXFS - Cessna Aircraft C 172 Skyhawk
- D-EIWK - Piper Aircraft P28B-236 Dakota
Three other machines are operated by the cooperation partner DFS Fliegerclub.
Flight school
The association runs a flight school in order to fulfill its purpose - the promotion of motorized aviation for young people. The following training courses are offered:
- European private pilot license PPL (A)
- Light aircraft pilot license LAPL (A)
- Night flight qualification
- Instrument flight rating
- Engine flight instructor license FI (A)
Awards
29 October 2011 the club on the 70th German Gliding alongside the Silver Plaque of Honor of was Hessian prime minister , the sports badge of the German President awarded. The club received these awards on the occasion of its centenary and its services to the maintenance of air sports.
literature
- Ursula Eckstein: 100 years Hessen-Flieger Darmstadt , Darmstadt 2011
- Chronicle on the website of the association
Web links
- Literature from and about Hessen-Flieger Verein für Luftfahrt 1924 Darmstadt in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pilots from the flying clubs have organized a sightseeing flight for seriously ill children. In: Frankfurter Neue Presse . August 21, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Vanessa Kokoschka: Above the clouds, freedom must be limitless. op-online, August 21, 2018, accessed December 21, 2019 .
- ↑ Vanessa Kokoschka: Airfield Festival in Egelsbach - Numerous day trippers take off. op-online, July 23, 2019, accessed on December 21, 2019 .