Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt

German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V.
Abbreviation DGLR
Formation 3 April 1912
Type Non-profit
Purpose Advancement in the field of aerospace
Headquarters Bonn
Membership
 3000
Official language
 German
Chairman
 Dr.-Ing. Detlef Müller-Wiesner
Website www.dglr.de

German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (DGLR) (German: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V.) is a German aerospace society. It was founded in 1912 under the name of Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Flugtechnik (WGF). It is the second oldest technical and scientific society in aerospace in the world.[1]

The DGLR published some of the Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt (ZFM) ("Journal of Aviation Engineering and Motorized-Airship Aeronautics") until 1933 [2]

History

In 1993 Hermann-Oberth-Gesellschaft, Otto-Lilienthal-Gesellschaft, Gesellschaft für Raketentechnik und Weltraumfahrt e.V. and Fachverband für Luftfahrt e.V. were combined to form Deutschen Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal - Oberth e.V.

Awards

The following awards are given out by DGLR for outstanding contributions :

References

  1. ↑ "News Archiv 90. Geburtstag der DGLR" (in German). Retrieved 2009-03-07.
  2. ↑ http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/virtual_lib/ZFM/ZFM1914.htm

See also


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