Otokar from Bradsky-Laboun

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Otokar Theodor Arno Ritter von Bradsky-Laboun (also Otokar Theodor Arno Ritter Bradsky von Laboun, Ottokar Théodor Arno de Bradsky-Laboun, born May 4, 1866 in Zwickau , Kingdom of Saxony ; † October 13, 1902 in Stains ) was a German aviation pioneer and Diplomat (Herald) for Japan and India .

Coat of arms of the knightly family Bradský von Labouň

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He came from the old Bohemian noble family Bradský von Labouň, who wrote to the village Labouň near Jičín (Jitschin) in Eastern Bohemia. The first members of the families were mentioned in the second half of the 14th century. Zdeněk von Labouň was the rector of Charles University in Prague from 1408-1409 . Another member of the family, Otík (Otto) von Labouň, who bought the Brada Castle near Jičín around 1450 . He then wrote as “Bradský von Labouň”, but the castle was sold at the end of the 15th century. The Bradský von Labouň family then lived only on the small estates or in the towns. In 1881 Franz Viktor Bradský (* 1830), lord of the Cotta manor near Dresden, and his brother Josef Bradský (1825–1887), central treasurer of Prince zu Fürstenberg, received Austrian imperial confirmation of their old Bohemian knighthood. Franz Viktor Ritter Bradský von Labouň married Bertha Fischer. Her son was Otokar Theodor.

He was married to Hannah von Bradsky-Labounska, née Schröder, and most recently lived with his 28-year-old wife in Montreux , Switzerland . Together with engineer Paul Morin, he constructed a steerable balloon . The balloon was made by Henri Lachambre . The gondola was 17 m long and weighed 350 kg. It was attached to 16 steel cables. The propeller had a diameter of 4 m; the motor turned it at 350 revolutions per minute. The first flight took place on October 13, 1902, starting in Vaugirard . Around 9 o'clock they were over Stains and wanted to land at Ly. When the gondola was torn down at a height of around 180 m, de Bradsky and Morin perished.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Recks: Who's Who of Ballooning, accessed August 25, 2016.
  2. ^ [Collection Jules Beau. Photographie sportive]: T. 19. Année 1902 / Jules Beau: F. 33. President Magnaud; Catastrophe du De Bradsky. See file: Btv1b84333493-p069.jpg , photo on the right.
  3. ↑ http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28477&page=2
  4. ^ The Graphic , Oct. 18, 1902, p. 515.
  5. ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH19021219.2.5
personal data
SURNAME Bradsky-Laboun, Otokar von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bradsky-Laboun, Otokar Theodor Arno von; Bradsky-Laboun, Baron Otokar Theodor Arno von; Bradsky von Laboun, Otokar Theodor Arno; de Bradsky-Laboun, Ottokar Théodor Arno; de Bradsky, M .; Bradsky-Laboun, Baron Otokar Theodor Arno de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Aviation Pioneer and Diplomat (Herald)
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Zwickau , Kingdom of Saxony
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1902
Place of death Stains , France