Middle Rhine Association for Aerial Navigation
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In mid-1906, the name of the Koblenzer (Coblenzer) Verein fur Luftschiffahrt or Koblenz Association for Aerial Navigation, founded 11 May 1905, which see, was changed to Mittelrheinischer Verein fur Luftschiffahrt or Middle Rhine Association for Aerial Navigation.
The president in 1910 was General von Gossler; 1st Lieutenant von Herrenkirchen and H. Burant were vice chairmen. In 1910, there were 274 members of whom 20 were balloon guides. The association owned two free balloons and had two balloon places, the Stadtisches Gaswerk (Municipal Gasworks) at Wiesbaden and the Staditsches Gaswerk II (Municipal Gasworks II) at Mainz.
Affiliated with DLV, 1905
Sources
- 10 Illustrierte Aeronautische Mitteilungen 255 (1906); Pocket-Book of Aeronautics 441 (English ed., Jan. 1907); 1:5 Aeronautics (NYC) 43 (1907); 1:6 Aeronautics (NYC) 38 (1907); 1909 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 177; Aéro-Manuel 1911 335 (1 Oct. 1910); Braunbeck's Sport-Lexicon: Luftschiffahrt, 1911, 136
| Organization names | Middle Rhine Association for Aerial Navigation : Mittelrheinischer Verein fur Luftschiffahrt |
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| Country | Germany |
| City | Coblence (Koblenz, Coblenz) |
| Affiliated with | DLV |
| Scope | Regional or Local ? |
| Started aero | 1905 (predeces-sor in name) |
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- Address: Casinostrasse 37, Coblence (at least 1906-1907); 1 Schillerplatz, Mainz (1910). Balloon places in Wiesbaden (Stadtisches Gaswerk) and Mainz (Stadtisches Gaswerk II) (1910).
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