Charlotte Möhring | |
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Born | 31 March 1887 |
Died | 19 October 1970 Berlin |
Nationality | German |
Known for | early aviator |
Charlotte Möhring (born 31 March 1887 - died 19 October 1970 in Berlin) was a German aviator and the second German woman to receive a pilot's license. [1]
She was born in Pankow in 1887.
Möhring was a passenger on a flight from Johannisthal to Döberitz on board a Rumpler Taube. On 7 September 1912 she received pilot's license #285 flying a Grade monoplane. She was the second German woman to be licensed (after Amelie Beese), and the third woman in Germany (after Beese and Božena Laglerová from Prague). [1] [2] She flew at the Essen-Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen aerodrome. [3]
Charlotte was married to Georg Mürau, who was also a pilot and instructor, they operated a flying school together in 1914. She was the manager and they toured and exhibited in 21 cities in Germany alone. [1] During and after World War I civil aviation was restricted in Germany, Möhring did not resume her flying career which in 1953 she described as "a sport". [4] She died in 1970 in Berlin.
Charlotte Möhring | |
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Born | 31 March 1887 |
Died | 19 October 1970 Berlin |
Nationality | German |
Known for | early aviator |
Charlotte Möhring (born 31 March 1887 - died 19 October 1970 in Berlin) was a German aviator and the second German woman to receive a pilot's license. [1]
She was born in Pankow in 1887.
Möhring was a passenger on a flight from Johannisthal to Döberitz on board a Rumpler Taube. On 7 September 1912 she received pilot's license #285 flying a Grade monoplane. She was the second German woman to be licensed (after Amelie Beese), and the third woman in Germany (after Beese and Božena Laglerová from Prague). [1] [2] She flew at the Essen-Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen aerodrome. [3]
Charlotte was married to Georg Mürau, who was also a pilot and instructor, they operated a flying school together in 1914. She was the manager and they toured and exhibited in 21 cities in Germany alone. [1] During and after World War I civil aviation was restricted in Germany, Möhring did not resume her flying career which in 1953 she described as "a sport". [4] She died in 1970 in Berlin.