Oskar Ursinus Association
| Oskar Ursinus Association - German Association for the Promotion of Self-made Aviation Equipment eV (OUV) |
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| purpose | Promotion of the self-construction of aviation equipment |
| Chair: | Jens Gralfs |
| Establishment date: | 1968 |
| Number of members: | ~ 1000 |
| Seat : | Bingen |
| Website: | ouv.de |
The Oskar Ursinus Association ( German Association for the Promotion of Self- Made Aviation Equipment eV ; OUV), named after the "Rhönvater" Oskar Ursinus , is a registered association in Germany for the promotion of self-made aircraft based in Bingen in the district of Sigmaringen .
history
The association was founded in 1968 and currently has around 1000 members. The aim of the association is to support members in the realization of aircraft self-construction projects. Experienced experts and fly-in pilots are available to members as project applicants. The motto of the association is "Dream - Build - Fly" .
Replicas of historical aircraft, kit airplanes and in-house constructions are considered to be self-made. As of January 2012, more than 500 self-construction projects have been registered, of which over 50% are already in flight tests.
The OUV is divided into a general assembly, executive committee and project committee and has its own aeronautical operations as well as a noise measuring point. Jens Gralfs has been president of the association since 2010.
Every year in the middle of March, the two-day winter meeting takes place, at which speakers give presentations on a wide variety of topics in aircraft construction. Until 2011 this conference traditionally took place in Darmstadt , since March 2012 it has been held in the Technikmuseum Speyer .
The summer meeting is traditionally organized as a "fly-in", which means that members meet with the self-built aircraft that are approved as individual pieces. The 2011 and 2012 summer meetings took place at Offenburg airfield, and Bad Dürkheim airfield has been the location of the event since 2013 .
In other European countries there are clubs with similar goals, such as the Igo-Etrich-Club in Austria.
literature
- TD Hinz: OUV anniversary: Of dreamers, builders and pilots. In: aerokurier No. 6/2018, pp. 86-89
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information about the association , accessed on March 13, 2012
- ↑ Leaflet on testing and approval of self-made items in accordance with § 3 LuftGerPV (PDF) Luftfahrt-Bundesamt . May 2009. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ↑ Articles of OUV (PDF; 183 kB), accessed 13 March 2012
