February 28, 1944 Test Pilot Today in History
Canadian organizers of an international celebration of women in aviation are standing by their decision to honour the late Hanna Reitsch, who was the first woman to fly a helicopter — and, some.
Reitsch, Hanna *+Pilotin, Fliegerin, D Portrait 1937 News Photo Getty Images
Hanna Reitsch (29 March 1912 - 24 August 1979) was a German aviator and test pilot. Along with Melitta von Stauffenberg, she flight tested many of Germany's new aircraft during World War II and received many honors. Reitsch was among the very last people to meet Adolf Hitler alive in the Führerbunker in late April 1945.
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Hanna Reitsch was a skilled pilot in both powered fixed-wing and rotary aircraft, but her lasting love was gliding. (Ullstein Bild/Getty Images) The woman who would one day become one of the best-known test pilots of the Third Reich was born on March 29, 1912, into an upper-middle-class family in Hirschberg, Silesia.
Hanna Reitsch, vuelo sin motor, Agosto 1939. Wwii fighter planes, Vintage aircraft, Luftwaffe
Hanna Reitsch, (born March 29, 1912, Hirschberg, Germany [now Jelenia Góra, Poland)—died August 24, 1979, Frankfurt am Main), aviator who was the leading female German pilot in the 20th century. (Read Orville Wright's 1929 biography of his brother, Wilbur.) Britannica Quiz Pop Quiz: 17 Things to Know About World War II
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Hanna Reitsch portrayed as test pilot on a manned V1 (Fi 103R) She was approached by SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Skorzeny, a founding member of th.more.more Hanna Reitsch: Aviation.
Reitsch, Hanna *+Pilotin, Fliegerin, D in Pilotenmontur 1938 News Photo Getty Images
Hanna Reitsch, the Reichenberg Project & Germany's Kamikazes - Warfare History Network Photo Credit: Photographed after its capture by Allied troops, this modified He-111 bomber was one of those intended for use as a flying bomb carrier during the implementation of the Reichenberg Project.
Reitsch, Hanna *+Pilotin, Fliegerin, D Portrait mit dem "Eisernen... Foto di attualità Getty
As the world's first female test pilot and helicopter pilot, Hanna flew everyting the Third Reich had: from the first helicopter (the Focke-Achgelis) to the prototype of a piloted V-1. She went on to set more than 40 altitude and endurance records in motorless and powered aircraft in her lifetime.
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Hanna Reitch was born 29 March 1912 in Hirschberg, Silesia and died 24 August 1979 in Frankfurt. From an early age Hanna wanted to fly ( picture left, courtesy Bundesarchiv ). In her autobiography she wrote, 'The longing grew in me, with every bird I saw go flying across the azure summer sky'.
World War II in Pictures Hanna Reitsch, Unrepentant Luftwaffe Daredevil
Hanna Reitsch was a German aviator known for setting many firsts in flying and for being a test-pilot of the German 'Luftwaffe'. Born in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century it was her parent's dream that she become a doctor like her father. However, in her own words, all she ever wanted to do was to fly as unfettered and free as a bird.
Reitsch, Hanna , Pilotin, Fliegerin, D, Portrait, 1978 News Photo Getty Images
A propaganda tool for the German government After test piloting the Fieseler Fi 103R Reichenberg, Hanna Reitsch was tasked with training the flight instructors. (Photo Credit: ullstein bild / Getty Images) The government was more than happy to promote Hanna Reitsch as "proof" that Germans were superior.
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Hanna Reitsch, the first female test pilot in the world, suggests the creation of the Nazi equivalent of a kamikaze squad of suicide bombers while visiting Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden. Hitler.
Fliegerlegende Hanna Reitsch eine Frau flog Hitlers Wunderwaffen WELT
Hanna Reitsch was a famous female test pilot in Nazi Germany, who among a few women was awarded with both classes of the Iron Cross. In April 1945, she managed to fly over the encircled Berlin to the Führerbunker to transport the new commander-in-chief Robert Ritter von Greim to Hitler and then to fly out of Berlin again.
World War II in Pictures Hanna Reitsch, Unrepentant Luftwaffe Daredevil
Starting as a glider pilot, Hanna Reitsch flew almost every German military aircraft in World War II. She was also associated with the development of the V1 flying bomb. Female pilots were rare in the 1930s, particularly in Hitler's Germany, where women were strongly urged to stay at home and tend to their families.
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Hanna Reitsch, the leading German female pilot and a much‐decorated favorite of Hitler who flew the last plane out of Berlin hours before the city fell in 1945, died Friday at her home in Bonn.
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German flier and test pilot, now recognized as one of the foremost aviators of the 20th century, who was imprisoned as a Nazi sympathizer after World War II, although her name was later cleared.
