Magyar Aero Club
The Magyar Aero Club, also known as the Hungarian Aero Club (Ungarischer Aero Club in German) was founded at Budapest, Hungary, on 4 Mar. 1902 for pursuit of the sport of ballooning. While some sources that we have seen say the club was founded in 1901, none of these sources gave a specific date in 1901; consequently any work to establish an aero club in Hungary prior to 1 April 1902 appears to have been only preliminary. In May 1902, the Magyar Aero Club's journal, Az Aeronauta (The Aeronauta), first appeared. Articles included in the first three months included a history of ballooning in Austria-Hungary. On 12 Dec. 1909. the existence of the Magyar Aero Club was terminated and the Kiralyi Magyar Automobil Club Aviatikai Szakosztalya or Aeronautics Commission of the Royal Hungarian Automobile Club, apparently a redesignation of the Aviation Committee of the Automobile Club, which see, became its legal successor.
At a general assembly of members on 4 Mar. 1902, initial officers of the Magyar Aero Club were elected, including Count Bela Szechenyi, president; Dr. Nicolaus Konkoly-Thege and Tihamer Lissnyai-Damo, vice presidents; and Bela Szanto, secretary. Counting officers and members of committees and subcommittees, at least 35 functionaries assumed positions in the club. On 1 Apr. 1902, the Archduke Leopold Salvator became the club's protector. On 1 May 1902, the club held its opening ceremony and the balloon Turil made its first flight for the club. The Hungarian club had purchased the balloon from the Augsburger Verein fur Luftschiffahrt or Augsburger Association for Aerial Navigation. In 1903, 141 members were reported.
- Address: c/o Bela Szanto, secretary, 39 Izabella Uteza, Budapest VI
Sources
- 1 Wiener Luftschiffer-Zeitung 34, 223 (1902)
- 2 L'Aeronautique 69 (1903)
- 13 Almanacco Italiano 525 (1908)
- Braunbeck's Sport-Lexicon: Luftschiffahrt, 1911, 41, 158, 281
- <https://www.aiaa.org/Secondary.aspx?id=356>
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| Organization names | Hungarian Aero Club : Magyar Aero Club (1) |
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| Entity type | |
| Country | Austria-Hungary |
| City | Budapest, Hungary |
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| Scope | National |
| Started aero | 1902 |
| Ended aero | 1909 |
| Keywords | |
| Key people | Bela Szechenyi, Nicolaus Konkoly-Thege, Tihamer Lissnyai-Damo, Bela Szanto, Leopold Salvator |
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