Augsburger Association for Aerial Navigation
The Augsburger Verein fur Luftschiffahrt or Augsburger Association for Aerial Navigation was founded 10 May 1901 in Augsburg, Germany. It was one of the original founding members of the the DLV (German Aeronaut Federation : Deutscher Luftschiffer-Verband), on 18 Dec. 1902. It owned balloon stores and since its founding, had arranged ascents. It had a library of 120 volumes in 1906. In addition to the main group at Augsburg, there were subgroups or departments (abteilung) in Kempten and Munich.
The Association's founding date is given as 10 May 1901. Elections appear to have taken place on 30 May 1901 when Captain von Parseval became its first chairman. Some 132 members were reported in 1903. There were 321 members in April 1906, including 36 aeronauts. In 1910, Georg Wolfram was chairman, August Riedinger was vice chairman, and Friedrich Schmid was serretary and office director. At that time there were 452 members, including 75 balloon guides. The club owned five free balloons and an airship. There were two balloon places, a full-carbon gas space (Kohlengas-Fullplatz) at the Augsburger Branch Gas Plant (Augsburger Filial-Gasfabrik) and a full-hydrogen space (Wasserstoff-Fullplatz) at the Gersthofen color works (Farbwerken Gersthofen), Gersthofen). The airship was harbored at the Parseval field near Augsburg.
Affiliated with DLV, 1902
Sources
- 2 L'Aeronautique 69 (1903); Pocket-Book of Aeronautics 440 (Eng. ed., Jan. 1907); 1:5 Aeronautics (NYC) 43 (1907); 1:6 Aeronautics (NYC) 37 (1907); ACA annual (1907); 1909 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 177; Braunbeck's Sport-Lexion: Lutfschiffahrt 39, 122; 1910-1911 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 235 (Nov. 1910); Aéro-Manuel 1911 233 (1 Oct. 1910); 1914 Aero-Manuel 577 (1 Oct. 1913)
| Organization names | Augsburger Association for Aerial Navigation : Augsburger Verein fur Luftschiffahrt |
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| Country | Germany |
| City | Augsburg |
| Affiliated with | DLV |
| Scope | Regional and Local |
| Started aero | 1901 |
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- Address: Carolinenstrasse 83, Augsburg. (at least 1906); 11 Gesundbrunnen-strasse, Augsburg II (1910). Ballon places were at Augsburger Filial-Gasfabrik and at Farbwerken Gersthofen; the airship was at Parsevalfeld, near Augsburg (1910)
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