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Gustav Victor Lachmann (1896-1966) was a German aeronautical engineer who spent most all of his professional life working for the British company of Handley Page. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Aerospace engineering is the branch of Engineering behind the design construction and science of Aircraft and Spacecraft. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Handley Page Limited was founded by Frederick Handley Page (later Sir Frederick in 1909 as the United Kingdom 's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing

Lachmann served as a lieutenant in the German Army during World War I, before being trained as a pilot. The German Army (Deutsches Heer heɐ) is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He was severely injured in the crash of his plane in 1917. In order to reduce the stall speed of aircraft he invented in 1918 leading egde slats (Lachmann Flaps), but was rejected by the German Patent Authority.

After the war he studied engineering. After periods of work in Germany and Japan, in 1929 he took a job with the Handley Page company in the United Kingdom, becoming director of scientific research there. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Handley Page Limited was founded by Frederick Handley Page (later Sir Frederick in 1909 as the United Kingdom 's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

On the outbreak of World War II he was interned as an enemy alien in Canada, but after pressure from his employers was eventually permitted by the authorities to continue with his work at Handley-Page. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including In Law an enemy alien is a citizen of a country which is in a state of conflict with the land in which he or she is located

He stayed with the company for the remainder of his career.


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