Charlotte Möhring

Charlotte Möhring
Charlotte Möhring and engine
Born31 March 1887
Pankow, German Empire
Died19 October 1970
Berlin
NationalityGerman
Known forearly aviator

Charlotte Möhring (born 31 March 1887 - died 19 October 1970 in Berlin) was a German aviator and the second German woman to receive a pilot's license.[1]

Life

Charlotte Möhring with aircraft in 1912

She was born in Pankow in 1887.

Möhring was a passenger on a flight from Johannisthal to Döberitz on board a Rumpler Taube. On 7 September 1912 she received pilot's license #285 flying a Grade monoplane. She was the second German woman to be licensed (after Amelie Beese), and the third woman in Germany (after Beese and Božena Laglerová from Prague).[1][2] She flew at the Essen-Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen aerodrome.[3]

Charlotte was married to Georg Mürau, who was also a pilot and instructor, they operated a flying school together in 1914. She was the manager and they toured and exhibited in 21 cities in Germany alone.[1] During and after World War I civil aviation was restricted in Germany, Möhring did not resume her flying career which in 1953 she described as "a sport".[4] She died in 1970 in Berlin.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Lebow, Eileen F. (2003). Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-57-488532-3. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ Lam, Dave (2014). "Bozena Laglerova". earlyaviators.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. ^ Gernoth, Jo (15 October 2015). "Die flotte Lotte". derwesten.de (in German). Funke Mediengruppe. Archived from the original on 15 April 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Bei einer Notlandung kennengelernt" (PDF). Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 30 March 1962. Retrieved 27 October 2019.