Deutsche Flugzeug Werke
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Deutsche Flugzeug Werke (DFW) established by Bernard Meyer.
built Maurice Farman designs under license, then Etrich and Jeannin Taube designs, then original designs including Mars 2-seater in monoplane and biplane forms, various biplane and triplane fighters, and giant bombers . Ailing company taken over postwar by Allgemeine Transportanlagen Gesellschaft Maschinenbau (ATG).
Designer Obit Bier formed DFW branch Lloyd in Austria-Hungary 1912 (Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik AG, Lloyd's Austrian name; Magyar Lloyd Repulogep es Motogyar, Lloyd's Hungarian name).
Sources
- Gunston, 1993, p99, 31
- Gunston, 2005, p127, 34; 1919AYB358, 360
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Deutsche Flugzeug Werke
- Patent DE-1919-319462 (English title: Airplane with private traveling-compartments, Filing date: 1919-04-04)
- Patent DE-1919-320942 (English title: Airplane with private traveling-compartments, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1919-319462, Filing date: 1919-06-01)
- Patent GB-1920-141347 (English title: Improvements in Aircraft having a Closed Cabin, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1919-319462, Filing date: 1920-04-06)
Publications referring to DFW
- Lagorgette, 1916, Modern German aeroplanes (Simple title: Modern German aeroplanes, Journal: Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering)
Names | Deutsche Flugzeug Werke, DFW, Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke G. m. b. H. |
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Country | Germany |
City | Lindenthal, Leipzig |
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Started aero | 1910 |
Ended aero | ca. 1920? |
Key people | Bernard Meyer |
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