Hans Grade was a German aviation

Aviation

Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.-History:...

 pioneer.

In 1907 he began to build his first triplane

Triplane

A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three vertically-stacked wing planes. Tailplanes and canard foreplanes are not normally included in this count, although they may occasionally be.-Design principles:...

. The first flight with this triplane was on 28. October 1908.

In 1910 he established the first aviation school in Germany.

In 1921 he established an automobile company called "Grade Automobilwerke AG

Grade Automobilwerke AG

Grade Automobilwerke AG was an automobile manufacturing company established by the German aviation pioneer Hans Grade in 1921 and was closed in the late `20s....

", which produced small, 2 seater personal cars.

In 1939 May 14 he re-flew his original monoplane from 1909, then 30 years old, at Berlin Tempelhof Airport for about 550 metres to celebrate his sixtieth birthday.

External links

• http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/grade.html
• Biography of Hans Grade (German)
• Hans Grade Museum
• Hans Grade - 1909 flight course and timeline from Hans-Grade-Oberschule, Berlin (German)