Max Holste
Max Holste (13 September 1913 in
Embraer Bandeirante project.[2]
One of Holste's aircraft early designs, the MH52, fared well in competitions; based on this success, Holste designed a high-wing radial-engined utility aircraft, which became the
Broussard but sales fell as it became outdated. Holste was ruined, and his factory taken over by his associate and WWII ace Pierre Clostermann with capital from Cessna, and renamed Reims Aviation. The new design eventually became the Nord 262.[3]
Holste left
Broussard sales visits. Brazil's nascent aviation industry welcomed the designer as a star.[4] He fulfilled a government requirement as lead designer on the Bandeirante project, which first flew four years later. Unhappy, he formed his own company, and lived in neighbouring countries for the following years.[4]
Ruined again, recently divorced, and not on speaking terms with his children, he returned to France with a South American nurse in 1995, aged 82. He initially settled at Bormes-les-Mimosas, near his first wife Paule, then at Hyères; Paule described him as having 'a difficult character'.[5] He died in anonymity in 1998 and was buried in Hyères; reportedly no-one attended his burial.[6] In 2016 a commemorative service was held at Holste's grave in his honour.
References
- ^ "Max Holste M.H 1521 Broussard". caea.free.fr. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ "History of Brazil Aeronautics Industry". Archived from the original on 2014-10-25. Retrieved 2014-10-25.
- ^ a b Polacco 2017, p. 64
- ^ a b Polacco 2017, p. 65
- ^ Polacco 2017, p. 66
- ^ Polacco 2017, p. 67
Bibliography
Media related to Max Holste at Wikimedia Commons
- Polacco, Michel (2017). Une histoire d'amour. Info-Pilote, 736, pp. 64–67
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