Einar Lilloe Gran

Gran in 1909 with a scale model of his aeroplane

Einar Lilloe Gran (16 November 1886 – 1966) was a Norwegian engineer and pioneer of aviation in Norway.

Einar Lilloe Gran was a son of Carl Ludvig Oscar Nielsen Gran (1855–1897) and his wife Emma Sofie Christine née Halvorsen (born 1857 in Sandaker).[1]

He designed and built the first Norwegian motorised aeroplane in 1910. It had a wingspan of 10 meters and cost NOK 12,000 to build.[2] There were made several attempts to make the aircraft airborne, but without any significant success.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Descendants of Ole Lille Ov-111, Sixth Generation.
  2. ↑ Breguet’s Pre-1914 Aircraft Challenge™.
  3. ↑ Kåre Fasting: Fra Kontraskjæret til Tokio: norsk sivilflyging gjennom 50 år. Oslo: Gyldendal, 1959, 297 pagess.
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