The Caspar-Werke was a German aircraft manufacturer of the early 20th century. It was founded in 1911 by Karl Caspar under the name Zentrale für Aviatik in Fuhlsbüttel. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1911: Events January January 18 - Eugene Ely lands on the deck Fuhlsbüttel is a urban quarter in the north of Hamburg, Germany in the destrict Hamburg-Nord. In its early years, the firm built Etrich and Rumpler types under licence, and was dissolved following World War I. The Rumpler was a car developed by Austrian engineer Edmund Rumpler.
In 1921, Caspar re-established the firm at Travemünde with Ernst Heinkel as chief designer. Travemünde is a borough of Lübeck, Germany, located at the mouth of river Trave in Lübeck Bay. Ernst Heinkel ( January 24 1888 &ndash January 30 1958) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer Heinkel left in May the following year after a dispute over rights to a design, and was replaced by Ernst Ritter von Lössl. The company ceased operations in 1928.
References
- Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 72-73.
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