Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz

Airship builder (exact name yet undetermined) established aeroplane subsidiary, 1915, while continuing to built Zeppelin airships.

We are looking at connexions with Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz.

Built military aeroplanes in quanity including Ago armed 2-seaters and D1-7 fighters among others. Appears to have also run a flying school for which it built a school aeroplane.

Haven't determined whose designs Schütte-Lanz D and Gs were. 1920Dir28 lists this firm at Zeesen b. Kgs., Wusterhausen. Patent data also situates them in Brühl.

Sources

• Gunston, 1993, p271
• Gunston, 2005, p414
• SD253
• 1920Dir28

References

Patents associated with firm Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz Patent HU-1916-86147 (English title: Ribbing rings for airships, Filing date: 1916-08-01, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1916-03-18 Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz, Applicant firm: Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz) Patent HU-1917-75734 (English title: Gas drainage from rigid airships, Filing date: 1917-01-13, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1916-01-17 Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz, Applicant firm: Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz) Patent HU-1917-77439 (English title: Petrol station layout for airships and such, Filing date: 1917-05-26, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1916-03-30 Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz, Applicant firm: Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz)

Names	Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz
Country	Germany
City	Zeesen, Konigs, Wusterhausen, Berlin, Brühl
Affiliations	Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz
Keywords	airship
Started aero	1915
Ended aero	1918?
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