Robert Thelen
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Robert Thelen (23 March 1884, Nürnberg - 23 February 1968, Berlin) was a German aviation pioneer and designer.
He was a chief designer of Albatros Flugzeugwerke, responsible among other for Albatros C.I design.[1]
He was the first person to give the first German woman pilot Melli Beese flying lessons.[2]
References[]
- ^ Grosz, Peter M. Albatros C.I, Windsock Datafile no. 57, Albatros Productions, 1996, ISBN 0-948414-76-6, p.5
- ^ Lebow, Eileen F. (2003). Before Amelia : women pilots in the early days of aviation. Washington, D.C.: Brassey's, Inc. ISBN 1-57488-532-4. OCLC 52305816.
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Categories:
- 1884 births
- 1968 deaths
- Aircraft designers
- German aerospace engineers
- Engineers from Nuremberg