Wiener Neustadt / Gyöngyös / Pasadena / Budapest / Rome / Fairford / Wiener-Neustadt / Arlington / /
Company
Lilly / Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory / /
Continent
America / Europe / /
Country
Germany / Hungary / Austria / United States / Soviet Union / Canada / United Kingdom / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
Hungarian Aircraft Factory / Hungarian University of Technology / Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory / University of Technology / Engine Factory / California Institute of Technology / Aeronautic Research Institute / /
IndustryTerm
metal construction / technological solutions / gas balloon / primitive gas turbines / /
NaturalFeature
Lake Balaton / Mediterranean Sea / /
Organization
California Institute of Technology / MSrE Club / Sporting Flying Club / FAI World Grand Prix / Fédération Aeronautique Internationale / Hungarian Transatlantic Flight Committee / Hungarian University of Technology / Royal Hungarian Air Force / Hungarian Aero Club / Aeronautic Research Institute in Aachen / /
Person
David Schwarz / Peter Kovács / Aicraft Factory / Mária Kovács / István Petróczy / Menner / Gábor Fekecs / Gyula Vári / Viktor Wittmann / Gyula Minár / Árpád Lampich / Attila Szabo / /
Position
aerodynamicist / designing engineer / pilot for this historical flight / Aircraft engineer / open-minded construction engineer / Prussian officer / General / engineer / Colonel / mechanic / hovering wheel model / director / pilot / university lecturer / /
Product
L-2 Roma / monoplane / /
Region
Central Europe / /
SportsEvent
the Second World Aerobatics Championship / the 1936 Olympics / /
SHORT HISTORY OF HUNGARIAN AVIATION The first small, hydrogen-filled experimental balloonsare associated with the names of István Szablik and József Domin. In 1811, while traveling as a passenger on a gas ballo