Theodor Kober
Theodor Kober (1865 - 1930)first Zeppelin.[2]
Life
Kober was born 13 February 1865 in Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg.
As an engineer Kober had worked for a
Zeppelin LZ1. Later, in 1912 he founded the Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH[1] with financial support from Zeppelin to build over 40% of the Imperial German Navy seaplanes during World War I.[3]
His daughter Ilse Essers was a German engineer who established essential foundations in the field of aeronautical engineering.[4]
Kober died on 20 December 1930 in Friedrichshafen.
References
- ^ a b Luftschiffer [in German] (2004). "Kober". Pilot und Luftschiff. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ISBN 3-540-40645-X.
- ^ "Zeppelins Flieger" (in German). Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen. 2006. Archived from the original on October 9, 2006. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- ^ "Dr.-Ing. Ilse Essers | Autoren/Autorinnen | Weishaupt Verlag". www.weishaupt.at. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
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