Karl Illner

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Karl Illner was a Bohemian airplane pilot and builder, working with Ignaz Etrich and producing Etrich type aircraft at Wiener Neustädter Flugfeld for Österreichische Motor-Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft and Österreichische Daimler Motoren A. G.. (The exact relationship between these companies is still not clear but apparently they shared a large space at the Flugfeld.)[1]

Illner made the first flight in an Etrich Taube, traveling 40m at 4m elevation.[2] He also flew a Taube at the Budapest exhibition in 1910, coming in third overall for height and fourth for distance.[3]


Publications by or about Karl Illner

References

  1. Keimel, 1981, Österreichs Luftfahrzeuge, p. 115.
  2. "Illner, Karl (1877-1935), Pilot und Mechaniker", Österreichisches Biographisches Lexicon Bd. 3 (Lfg. 11, 1961), p. 29.
  3. Keimel, 1981, Österreichs Luftfahrzeuge, pp. 97–101.


Names Karl Illner
Birth date 1877-07-14
Death date 1935-08-06
Countries AH, AT, CZ
Locations Žacléř, Böhmen; Wiener Neustadt
Occupations pilot
Tech areas Airplane
Affiliations Österreichische Motor-Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft, Österreichische Daimler Motoren A. G.
Wikidata id Q114714