Lou Reichers

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Louis T. Reichers ( 19th century or 20th century ; † 1962 ) was an American pilot and author .

Life

Through his flights, Reichers carried out public relations work on behalf of the food manufacturer Bernarr MacFadden. In 1929 he flew to numerous airfields in the USA to check their suitability for operation and to demonstrate how much time could be saved compared with conventional means of transport.

In 1930 he completed a thirteen-day endurance flight with Robert Black.

With its single-engine Lockheed Altair Special NR998Y Golden Eagle with 665 horsepower Pratt & Whitney - Wasp - he put the engine in the fall of 1931 a new speed record on the route Newark (New Jersey) - Havana in 6 hours and 41 minutes, and on April 28, 1932. a test flight for the planned Atlantic crossing set another speed record on the Montreal- Havana route (1786 miles in 9 hours).

In 1932 he planned a transatlantic flight to Paris and then undertook further flights over Europe. He was still flying on MacFadden's behalf at the time, using the specially prepared Lockheed Altair NR998Y, now called Miss The Liberty . From Newark, the flight was supposed to lead via Harbor Grace and Dublin to Paris and cut Lindbergh's flight time in half. However, he had to make an emergency landing in the Atlantic on May 13, 47 miles from Fastnet / Ireland (180 miles from Dublin). Reichers was able to rescue the SS President Roosevelt , who had observed the emergency landing, injured by means of a lifeboat ; the lifeboat and the aircraft wreck were lost. The ship's captain was George Fried, who was instrumental in rescuing Harry Manning .

In 1935 Lou Reichers survived another crash, this time in Newark with Vincent Burnelli's twin-engine UB-14 X1470 .

In 1941 he flew part of the US delegation ( Harriman Mission ) to Moscow to negotiate with Josef Stalin . The US President's special envoy, Averell Harriman , crossed the Atlantic in a Coronado flying boat and then drove with the British delegation in the heavy cruiser HMS London almost to Arkhangelsk , where it was taken over by a Soviet destroyer at sea. Some of the experts flew in two four-engine Consolidated B-24 A Liberators under Alva L. Harvey and Reichers via Montreal and Gander to Prestwick (September 15) and then on September 23 non-stop via Norway and Finland to Moscow (3,150 miles). Reichers started his way back with his machine on October 5th. He flew over the Caspian Sea, Iraq, Egypt, Central Africa, the South Atlantic, Brazil and Puerto Rico to Washington (October 18). Harvey's return flight became a record-breaking flight around the earth in 17 days. Reichers was later responsible for organizing the transfer flights of new aircraft on the southern route.

book

In 1956 his biography came out as the book The Flying Years . 

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ news.google.com
  2. ↑ time.com
  3. ↑ time.com
  4. ↑ flightglobal.com
  5. ↑ flightglobal.com
  6. ↑ news.google.com
  7. ↑ Jack Jeandron, Keyport. From Plantation to Center of Commerce and Industry , Arcadia Pub, 2003, ISBN 978-0738524399 , p. 105
  8. ↑ 205.188.238.181  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / 205.188.238.181  
  9. ↑ openlibrary.org
  10. ↑ aircrash.org
personal data
SURNAME Reichers, Lou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reichers, Louis T.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American pilot
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 1962