Ring of Aviators
In the Ring der Flieger e. V. (also called "Fliegerring"), various "comradely associations" came together after the First World War . On October 29, 1933, the pilot ring in the German Air Sports Association e. V. on.
In 1923 the association included:
- Northern Bavarian Aviation Association
- German Air Fleet Association
- Association of German model and glider clubs
- Central German flight association
- Aeroclub of Germany
- Kyffhäuserbund of the German State Warrior Associations
- Association of German Aircraft Manufacturers
- United German Aviation Association
- German research institute for aviation
- German Aviation Association
- Bavarian aviation center
- Bavarian Aeroclub
- Automobile and Aviation Society
- German Aviation Association
- Bavarian Aviation Club
- German Transport Association, Aviation Personnel Department
- Scientific Aviation Society
- Lawsuit of the Flieger e. V.
- Research institute for aviation
Ernst von Hoeppner , former general of the cavalry and commanding general of the air force ( Kogenluft ) in World War I, was the club's chairman until his death (September 26, 1922). His successor was the former inspector of the air force, Lieutenant General ret. D. Walter von Eberhardt . The managing director was Reichswehr - Lieutenant Otto Fuchs (1897–1987).
The association brought out a newsletter six times a year (1921–1926: Flieger-Ring-Nachrichtenblatt ; 1927–1933: Die Luftwacht : Zeitschrift für das Weltflugwesen ; newsletter of the Ring of Fliers ). The anniversary of the death of fighter pilot Oswald Boelcke (40 aerial victories, fallen in 1916) on October 28th was the occasion for the Oswald Boelcke commemoration from 1920 .
After the re-authorization of sporty motorized aviation in May 1922, the Ring der Flieger e. V. in the organization of flying events. Together with the German Aviation Association , he decided between 1928 and 1932 on the proposal to the Reich President to award the highest award for a German motorized pilot, the Hindenburg Cup .
The Ring of Fliers e. V. erected the aviator memorial on the Wasserkuppe in the Rhön with the architect Johannes Moßner and inaugurated it on August 30, 1923 with a martial ceremony.
After the beginning of the Nazi regime , the pressure to harmonize became greater and greater. On October 29, 1933, Fritz Siebel , the last chairman, handed over the only standard of the air force from the First World War to the president of the organized, uniform and uniformed German Air Sports Association. V., the Pour le Mérite flyer Bruno Lörzer . This day is considered the official end of the pilot ring.
HF Knoesch tried in vain to revive the pilot's ring after the Second World War .
The "Ringhaus" on the Wasserkuppe , in the former barracks area, still bears witness to the association's earlier existence. It was also planned by Johannes Moßner.