Wittemann brothers
Charles Rudolph Wittemann | |
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Charles circa 1950-1960 | |
Born | (1884-09-15)September 15, 1884 |
Died | July 8, 1967(1967-07-08) (aged 82) |
Paul W. Wittemann |
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Paul W. Wittemann and Adolph (Walter) Wittemann and Charles Rudolph Wittemann (September 15, 1884 – July 8, 1967) were early aviation pioneers.[1]
Biography
They were the children of Emily Wittemann (née Schirzinger) of Missouri. Their father, * Adolph Wendelin Wittemann was born on Dec. 01. 1846 in Karlsruhe (top right # 218) (Gottesaue)/Germany.[2] Charles and Adolph had a company, C. & A. Wittemann of Staten Island, New York. At Teterboro they built the largest bomber (Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1) of the time. Adolph left the company and Charles teamed up with Samuel P. Lewis to form the Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft Company, Inc.
In 1920 Charles was living in Hackensack, New Jersey. He died in July 1967 in Farmingdale, New Jersey.[1]
Other siblings include Herman Wittemann, aka Harold; Walter; Marie; Elizabeth; and Paul. All the Wittemann children were born in New York City on Staten Island.[3]
Timeline
- 1884 Birth of Charles Rudolph Wittemann (1884–1967)
- 1906 Charles and Adolph Wittemann, Aeronautical Engineers, Ocean Terrace & Little Clove Road, Staten Island
- 1910 Living on Staten Island
- 1917 Charles, founder of Teterboro Airport
- c. 1917 Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft Company, Inc. founded by Charles Rudolph Wittemann with Samuel P. Lewis
- 1918 Charles, president of Wittemann-Lewis Aircraft Company, Inc. in Newark, New Jersey
- 1919 Teterboro, New Jersey factory
- 1919 Contractors to United States Postal Service and United States Navy for aircraft
- 1920 Wittemann brothers in the 1920 United States Census with Charles Randolph Wittemann (1884–1967) in Hackensack, New Jersey
- 1923 Ended production to concentrate on engineering research
- 1924 Bankruptcy and Teterboro, New Jersey property acquired by Anthony Fokker
- 1967 Death of Charles Rudolph Wittemann (1884–1967)
Archive
- Wichita University
- Largest Flying Boat Never Built—the Witteman Air Liner
Patent
- Aeroplane
See also
References
- ^ a b "Charles R. Wittemann, 82, Dies; Pioneer Aeronautical Engineer". The New York Times. July 9, 1967. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
Neptune, New Jersey, July 8, 1967. Charles R. Wittemann, a flier and pioneer aeronautical engineer, died today at the Jersey Shore Medical Center. He was 82 years old and lived on Paynters Road in Farmingdale.
- ^ Adolph Wittemann die with 91 years on Feb 14. 1938
- ^ 1910 US Census
External links
- Early Birds: Wittemann brothers
- Paul & Walter Wittemann
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- 1974 Anthony Fokker
- 1975 Bernt Balchen / Juan Terry Trippe
- 1976 Bert Blanchard Acosta / Ivan R. Gates / Arthur Godfrey
- 1978 Kay A. Brick
- 1980 Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. / Solomon Andrews / Boland brothers / Arthur Raymond Brooks / Charles E. Rosendahl / Gill Robb Wilson
- 1981 Robert Nietzel Buck / Kenneth Russell Unger
- 1982 Leo Loudenslager / Thomas McGuire / Walter M. "Wally" Schirra
- 1983 Herbert O. Fisher
- 1984 Robert J. Collier
- 1985 Malcolm S. Forbes / Thor Solberg
- 1987 Paul E. Garber / Oliver George Simmons / Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan
- 1988 Frederick Walker Castle / William Halsey Jr. / Ruth Rowland Nichols
- 1989 Charles Joseph Fletcher / Donald J. Strait / Stanley Switlik
- 1990 Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr.
- 1993 Jean-Pierre Blanchard
- 1994 Selma Cronan
- 1996 Vincent Justus Burnelli / T. J. O'Malley
- 1997 Anne Morrow Lindbergh / Kenneth A. Walsh / James Hart Wyld
- 1998 Richard E. Byrd
- 1999 Terry Jonathan Hart
- 2000 Bernice Falk Haydu / Herb Kelleher
- 2001 Isaac Schlossbach
- 2002 Oliver Colin LeBoutillier / Barry Schiff
- 2006 Donald A. Luscombe / Calvin J. Spann / George Augustus Vaughn Jr.
- 2010 Aline Rhonie