Enoch Thulin
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Enoch was born in Simris socken
Simris
Simris is a locality situated in Simrishamn Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 235 inhabitants in 2005....
, Sweden. He studied aeronautics industry 1908-12 and succeeded his flying attempts in 1912. He wrote a thesis on aerodynamics and received a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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from Lund University
Lund University
Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities...
in 1912.
Thulin founded AB Thulinverken
AB Thulinverken
AB Thulinverken was a company in Landskrona, Sweden, founded in 1914 as Enoch Thulins Aeroplanfabrik by the airman and aircraft technician Enoch Thulin. The company became Sweden's first aircraft manufacturer. In 1920, Thulin also started manufacturing automobiles, which continued until 1928...
in 1914 with the purpose to build French airplanes. Thulin also started manufacturing automobiles, which continued until 1928. He suggested to Mayor of Stockholm in 1918 to start investigating the idea of a local airport, and even though the reactions were positive, the idea was on ice until 1936 when Bromma Airport was finally built.
Thulin was killed when he was practicing flying his K3 airplane on 14 May 1919. According to Palle Mellblom, who started the enginge that day, Enoch Thulin was stressed by the successful demonstrations made by Sparmann the same year. Thulin wanted to improve his flying skills but crashed into the Landskrona harbour.
Source
- Book by Lars Olefeldt: ´´Palle Mellblom - lite snack och mycket verkstad´`, ISBN 978-91-633-2534-2