Wiener Neustädter Flugfeld

Wiener Neustädter Flugfeld (47° 50′ 23″ N, 16° 13′ 13″ E) was the first Austrian airfield. Airplane hangers were constructed there beginning in July 1909.

Wiener-Neustadt is a small town 50km south of Vienna itself, and appears to have been a hub of aircraft development. See: Ferdinand Porsche, Ludwig Schmidl, Etrich Flieger Werke, Österreichische Daimler Motoren A. G., Osterreichische Flugzeugfabrik AG.

Occupants circa 1910

Keimel, 1981, Österreichs Luftfahrzeuge has a list of the 33 hangars and their occupants. (The initial date given for this list is November 1909 but some of these people and groups seem to have begun activities in 1910).

• 1–4 (1 and 2 were double-hangars): Autoplanwerke with engineers Adolf Warchalowski, Karl Warchalowski, Otto Hieronimus, Alfred Ritter von Pischof, Josef Sablatnig. Origin of Vindobona biplane based on a Farman.
• 5–7: Imperial military aeronautics institute (k. k. militäraeronautische Anstalt) and flight school (k. k. Flugmaschinen-Instruktions-Abteilung) with Warchalowski-Autobiplan, Voison/Farman biplane, Wright-Knoller biplane, Etrich Taube, and Pischof-Autoplan.
• 8–11, 13, 15, & 29: Österreichische Daimler Motoren A. G. and Österreichische Motor-Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft managed by Karl Illner. Assembled Etrich Taube (II), Etrich Möve (III), and Etrich IV.
• 12: Hans Umlauff von Frankwell. Monoplane Umlauff I, biplane Minimus. "Lohner-Daimler" Pfeilflieger I.
• 17 & 19: Alexander Graf Kolowrat, with a French Voisin airplane.
• 20: Constantin Freiherr von Economo, with a Voisin biplane and Type V (?) Etrich Taube.
• 21: Ludwig Schmidl with experimental monoplane
• "Hangarzelt"': manufacturer Blaha with biplane, engineer Bloudek, pilot R. Johann Czermak.
• 22 Doro Stein, Ober-Offizial Hugo Nikel, Eugen von Stephaits; pilot Maximilian Miège
• 21b Edmund Sparmann
• 21a, 21c, & 25: Josef Flesch
• 23 J. W. Müller with airplane built by brothers Franz Partsch and Max Parsch.
• 24 Maschinenfabrik Klinger
• 26: Oberleutnant Henrich Bier
• 27 & 28: Richard Bader, pilot Vinzenz Wiesenbach, with French Sommèr biplane
• 30: Bogut von Burian.

Publications referring to Wiener Neustädter Flugfeld

• Illner, 1910, Glanzleistung Illners. Sensationserfolg des "Etrich II". Wr.-Neustadt, Wien, Wr.-Neustadt (Simple title: Illner's brilliant performance. Sensational success of the "Etrich II", Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
• Pischof, 1910, Vorzügliche Leistungen in Wr.-Neustadt. Ueberlandflug des Ingenieurs von Pischof. Doppel-Passagierflug Illners (Simple title: Excellent performance in Wr.-Neustadt. Overland flight of the engineer from Pischof. Double passenger flight Illners, Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
• Silberer, 1910, Das Flugfeld Wiener-Neustadt (Simple title: The Wiener Neustadt airfield, Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)