Adolf Rohrbach's Metal Airplanes: Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH

Adolf Rohrbach and Rohrbach Metall-Flugzeugbau GmbH. ISBN:9781838056728. Adolf Rohrbach's Metal Aeroplanes – An Aircraft Pioneer And His Designs.

Condition is "New". Dispatched FREE with Royal Mail 2nd Class. This is the history of Adolf Rohrbach and his pioneering all-metal aeroplanes.

Newly researched with136 Pages, over 200 photographs and drawings, many rare and obscure. Full details of every Rohrbach aeroplane and Rohrbach's design team. There are also rare drawings of Rohrbach's projected aeroplanes of 1931-32 which came to nothing.

(Not a download or internet article compendium.) There are descriptions of the founding of Luft Hansa, Deruluft (Deutsch-Russische Luftverkehrs A.G., or Deruluft) and the finances of the Weimar Republic and the growth of German civil aviation directed by Hans von Seekt. Lipetsk (also known as Lipetskiy, Lipetsky, Shakhm 10, and Lipetsk West) in Russia which became the test centre for the Luftwaffe, the Rhorbach Roland airliner was tested there as a bomber. The book describes the growth of Luft Hansa and Deruluft flying Rohrbach types and all the aircraft which were used by both companies.

Adolf Hitler used a Rohrbach Roland in his 1932 election campaign which was flown by Hans Baur and this is featured in the book, together with Baur, Hitler and the Rohrbach Roland. The first part of the book deals with the Rohrbach Company and Adolf Rohrbach, it describes for the first time the patent action by Rohrbach against Claude Dornier which Rohrbach lost. The second part of the book describes every Rohrbach design: the revolutionary all-metal Zeppelin Staaken, the Rohrbach seaplanes, including the Rodra, RoV Rocco, Beardmore Inflexible and Inverness, Robbe, Roland, Rofix fighter, Romar and the Rostra supported by rare drawings and photographs, The demise of the company was due to the economic collapse of Germany and the Depression and this is explained in the text.

Adolf Rohrbach travelled to America lecturing on "Stressed Skin construction," this had a profound effect on Boeing, Douglas and Northrop, their aircraft types are illustrated. The principal share-holders the German Reich and the German insurance companies wanted Adolf Rohrbach removed. The company was then liquidated.

Originally forming part of Beardmore Aviation as an appendix but has now been fully restored to a volume in its own right. A limited run published from 21 June 2021 highly sought after few remain.