Karl Gehlen
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Karl Gehlen was the chief designer of the German
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH
company, formed on June 17, 1912 by Diplom Ingenieur Theodor Kober
, a working associate of Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturing company. It was founded in 1912 in Friedrichshafen, Germany by Theodor Kober who had previously worked for the Zeppelin company. The town, which was located by the Bodensee, was already famous in aviation circles as the place...
company, formed on June 17, 1912 by Diplom Ingenieur Theodor Kober
Theodor Kober
Theodore Kober was a twentieth century German aviation engineer who contributed to the building of the first Zeppelin. As an engineer Kober had worked for a balloon manufacturer and in the 1890s Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin enlisted him to produce designs for his airship concept. After several...
, a working associate of Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin was a German general and later aircraft manufacturer. He founded the Zeppelin Airship company...
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