Wolfgang Harlan

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Harlan monoplane 1912

Carl Wolfgang Harlan (born August 21, 1882 in Dresden ; † December 15, 1951 in Frankfurt am Main ) was an aircraft engineer and entrepreneur.

Life

In 1906, he founded one of the first car taxi companies in Berlin . In 1910 he turned to aircraft construction. His company, Harlan-Flugzeugwerke GmbH at the Johannisthal airfield , produced the Harlan monoplane, which was built in several versions until 1911. Several prices and records could be flown with his aircraft. In September 1913 , Hermann Reichelt made a stage flight of 1025 km from Johannisthal to Villacoublay with a Harlan monoplane . Due to a lack of orders, Harlan gave up aircraft construction in the spring of 1914.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Birth register StA Dresden II, No. 2510/1882
  2. ↑ Death register StA Frankfurt / Main, No. 2071 / IV / 1951
  3. ^ Wolfgang-Harlan-Strasse. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
  4. ↑ Günter Schmitt, Werner Schwipps: 20 chapters early aviation. Transpress, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-344-00390-9 , p. 80
personal data
SURNAME Harlan, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German aircraft engineer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1951
Place of death Frankfurt am Main