Siegfried and Walter Günter were twin brothers and aircraft designers, born 8th December 1899. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Both served in the First World war, where they became British POWs. After the war they studied engineering at the technical university of Hannover. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen Their talents were first recognised by Paul Bäumer who was impressed by the performance of a sailplane they had built with their friends Walter Mertens and Werner Meyer-Cassel and were flying at Wasserkuppe. This article deals with Paul Bäumer the pilot For the fictional Paul Bäumer see All Quiet on the Western Front Paul Bäumer ( May Terminology A "glider" is an unpowered Aircraft. The most common types of glider are today used for sporting purposes The Wasserkuppe ( German for "water peak" is a high Plateau (elevation 950 m or 3100 ft the highest peak in the Rhön Mountains within Bäumer offered all four men a job with his company Bäumer Aero in Berlin. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. There they began designing motor gliders and then increasingly fast sports planes, including one in which Bäumer himself was killed in a crash in 1928. See Also Glider A Motor Glider is a Fixed-wing aircraft that can be flown with or without engine power Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
In 1931, Ernst Heinkel recruited the Günters to work for his Heinkel company in Rostock. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ernst Heinkel ( January 24 1888 &ndash January 30 1958) was a German aircraft designer and manufacturer Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. Rostock (ˈʁɔstɔk from Polabian Roz toc, literally "to flow apart" is the largest City in the north German state There they were to design some of the most important and famous designs associated with the company, including the Heinkel He 51, He 70 and the He 111. The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat Biplane which was produced in a number of different versions WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
After the Second World war Siegfried worked in Berlin in the car shop of his father-in-law. He was kidnapped by the Soviets and deported to the USSR, where he was forced to work on Russian aircraft designs. It became a myth of the Cold War that Siegfried Günter was involved in the design of the Soviet MiG-15 fighter aircraft. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Siegdfried himself always denied this. In 1952 he returned to the GDR. The German Democratic Republic ( GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik DDR; commonly known in English as East Germany) was a Socialist state One year later he went to West Germany, where he again joined the Heinkel works. He was involved in the construction of the EWR VJ 101, the world's first supersonic V/STOL-aircraft and the V/STOL transportation aircraft VC 400. The EWR VJ 101 was an experimental German Jet fighter VTOL aircraft Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL is a term used to describe Aircraft that are able to take-off or land vertically or on short runways Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL is a term used to describe Aircraft that are able to take-off or land vertically or on short runways Both designs ended up as prototypes and never saw serial production.
Siegfried died in Berlin on June 19, 1969. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
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