Bavarian Automobile Club, Committee for Aerial Navigation
The Bayerischer Automobil Club or Bavarian Automobile Club or was founded on 14 Jan. 1899. In 1908, or earlier, a Kommission fur Luftschiffahrt or Committee for Aerial Navigation was added. The Automobil-Club joined the DLV in 1908. The emphasis appears to have been on ballooning.
In 1910, His Highness, Prince Georg von Bayern, was chairman of the Committee for Aerial Navigation and Hans Schedl and 1st Lt. Rich. von Falkenhausen were vice chairmen. The club had 354 members, of whom six were balloon guides. It owned one free balloon. The club's official journal was Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung.
It appears that ca. 1910, the Bayerischer Automobil Club was at the same address as the Akademie fur Aviatik in Munchen. 1910-1911 Jane's 235 (Nov. 1910) lists a Bayerischer A. K.. Munich. This may have been a reference to the Bayerischer Automobile Club's aerial committee.
Affiliated with DLV, 1908
- Address: 5 Briennerstrasse, Munich I (as of 1910)
- Phone: 1035 (as of 1910)
Sources
- Braunbeck's Sport-Lexikon: Luftschiiffahrt 123, 177, 185
| Organization names | Bavarian Automobile Club, Committee for Aerial Navigation : Bayerischer Automobil-Club, Kommission fur Luftschiffahrt |
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| Country | Germany |
| City | Munich |
| Affiliated with | DLV |
| Scope | Regional |
| Started aero | 1908 or earlier |
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