Rumpler, Edmund

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Rumpler, Edmund

Name: Rumpler, Edmund Years: 1872-1940 Nationality: German Remarks: German engineer and aircraft manufacturer whose company produced the Rumpler-Taube, one of Germany's most famous pre-World War I aircraft

[edit] Biography

Rumpler started his career at the Daimler Motor Company (Daimler-Motorengesellschaft) in Marienfelde, just outside of Berlin, Germany. He designed a four cylinder, water-cooled engine named the "Aeolus"^[1].

In 1908 Rumpler founded an airplane company and by June, 1910 had signed a contract with Igo Etrich to produce a version of Etrich's Taube ("Dove") airplane. The result was known as the "Rumpler-Taube" and was one of the most famous pre-war designs^[1].

[edit] Sources

• German Wikipedia entry for Edmund Rumpler

• Aeronautical Research in Germany: From Lilienthal Until Today

[edit] References

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://books.google.com/books?id=OoFcHOLpCskC , pg. 38