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Henrich Focke
German aviation pioneer
Henrich Focke (8 October 1890 – 25 February 1979) was a German aviation pioneer from Bremen and also a co-founder of the Focke-Wulf company. He is best known as the inventor of the Fw 61, the first successful, practical, and fully controllable helicopter, first flown in 1936.2
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Born Oct 8, 1890, died Feb 25, 1979.1
About
He has been called "father of the helicopter".
From Wikipedia’s article on Henrich Focke, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Focke-AchgelisFounder11
- Focke-WulfFounder12
Early life and education
Early life
Henrich Focke was born in Bremen on 8 October 1890, Focke studied at Leibniz University Hannover, where he became friends with Georg Wulf in 1911.
In 1914, he and Wulf both reported for military service and Focke was deferred due to heart problems, but was eventually drafted into an infantry regiment. After serving on the Eastern front, he was transferred to the Imperial German Army Air Service.
Focke graduated in 1920 as Dipl-Ing with distinction. His first job was with the Francke Company of Bremen as a designer of water-gas systems.
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Career
Occupation: aerospace engineer, military flight engineer, inventor, engineer, entrepreneur, aircraft pilot, design engineer.5
- Date not recordedFounded Focke-Wulf3
- Date not recordedFounded Focke-Achgelis4
Personal life
Awards
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataHenrich Focke on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHenrich Focke on Wikipedia
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- 10Wikidataaward, as reported
- 11WikidataFocke-Achgelis, Founder
- 12WikidataFocke-Wulf, Founder
- 13Wikimedia CommonsHenrich Focke photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain