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Ludwig Bölkow (30 June 1912 – 25 July 2003) was one of the aeronautical pioneers of Germany.

Ludwig Bölkow
Portrait by Günter Rittner, 1978
Born	(1912-06-30)30 June 1912
Died	25 July 2003(2003-07-25) (aged 91)
Nationality	German

Background

Born in Schwerin, in then north-central Germany, in 1912, Bölkow was the son of a foreman employed by Fokker, one of the leading aircraft constructors of that time.[1]

Early career

Bölkow's first job was with Heinkel, the aircraft company, before studying aero-engineering at the Technical University in Berlin. On graduation, in 1939, he joined the project office of Messerschmitt AG in Augsburg, where he served initially as a clerk, later as a group leader for high-speed aerodynamics, especially for the Messerschmitt Me 262 and its successors. In January 1943, he was appointed head of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 development office in Vienna. A year later, Bölkow returned to the Messerschmitt project office, which had meanwhile moved to Oberammergau. There he set up a program for the development of the Messerschmitt P.1101 jet fighter.[2]

Later career

After the war he created the Bölkow GmbH in Ottobrunn, which with time grew to the biggest aeronautics and spaceflight company, MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm). In the early 1990s it was bought by DASA.

He carried out the construction of the first German satellite, Azur, launched in 1969.[3]

Bölkow was awarded the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics) for "outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace engineering" in 1972. He was awarded a Gold Medal by the British Royal Aeronautical Society in 1978.

See also

• Messerschmitt Me 262
• Messerschmitt

References

На других языках

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[de] Ludwig Bölkow

Ludwig Bölkow (* 30. Juni 1912 in Schwerin; † 25. Juli 2003 in Grünwald) war ein deutscher Ingenieur und Unternehmer. Bölkow war Gründer des Flugzeugherstellers Bölkow GmbH, der 1969 Teil von Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm wurde.

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- [en] Ludwig Bölkow

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[fr] Ludwig Bölkow

Ludwig Bölkow est un ingénieur aéronautique allemand né le 30 juin 1912 à Schwerin et mort le 25 juillet 2003 à Grünwald près de Munich.

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[ru] Бёльков, Людвиг

Людвиг Бёльков — немецкий инженер и предприниматель.

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