Roland Eisenlohr

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Roland Eisenlohr (born June 6, 1887 in Lörrach ; † October 26, 1959 in Wiesbaden ) was a German aerospace engineer and civil engineer .

Life

Born on June 6, 1887 in Loerrach to 1910 in the study of 1907 Technical Royal College Charlottenburg building in the main compartment. In 1908 he came on a first flight through one of the Wright brothers . At the beginning of 1909 he founded the first academic flying group in Germany. After moving to Karlsruhe, the doctorate to Dr.-Ing. and later the state exam to become a government architect . In October 1913, he acquired a free balloon driver's license. During the time of the First World War he served as a pilot and designed for the aircraft Friedrichshafen the fighter FF 46 (D I). He then gave lectures on aviation technology at the Karlsruhe State Technical College. From 1920 he was a member of the Technical Committee (Teko), which carried out the construction testing of the aircraft for the Rhön competitions on the Wasserkuppe . The glider he designed for Weltensegler-Werke GmbH took part in the flying competition in the Rhön in the summer of 1922 .

From 1938 he worked in Wiesbaden as a building surveyor and architect .

Fonts (selection)

  • R. Eisenlohr: The motorless flight. Gliders and gliders . In: Aviation Library . tape 3 . RC Schmidt & Co., Berlin 1922, DNB  579723127 .
  • R. Eisenlohr: How do I build a glider. Instructions for building gliders . In: Klasing's aeronautical collection . tape 17 . Klasing & Co., Berlin 1925, DNB  579723178 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Hans Joachim Wefeld : Student group for aviation . In: Academic Fliegergruppe Berlin (ed.): Berlin students in the sky . Self-published, Berlin 1993, p. 11 .
  2. ↑ a b c German Aero Club (Ed.): On the death of Dr. Roland Eisenlohr . December 1959.
  3. ↑ Peter Supf : The book of German flight history. Pre-war, war, post-war . 2nd revised and expanded edition. tape 2 . Three fountains, Stuttgart 1958.
  4. ↑ Bruno Lange: Type manual of German aviation technology . In: German aviation . tape 9 . Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Koblenz 1986, ISBN 3-7637-5284-6 , p. 56 .
  5. ↑ H. Sch .: An aeronautical engineer of format . In: Flugwelt . No. 2 , 1960.
  6. ↑ World sailor "Roland fortress". In: histaviation.com. Accessed August 17, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Eisenlohr, Roland
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aeronautical technician and civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Loerrach
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1959
Place of death Wiesbaden