Karl Jatho

Karl Jatho

Karl Jatho (February 3, 1873 - December 8, 1933) was a German pioneer and inventor, performer and public servant of the city of Hanover.

Allegedly, on August 18, 1903 he flew with his self-made motored gliding airplane 4 months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers, but it is claimed still two years later than Gustave Whitehead. His first attempts he made with a plane having three lifting surfaces, but switched to two surfaces soon. They were modelled after the Zanonia seed, a seed that was known for its gliding capability. In contrast to the Wright Brother's planes, the wings were flat in profile and not curved.

He had four witnesses for his flight. In November 1903 he flew for nearly 200 feet at the altitude of 18 feet, his flight is considered non-controlled.

The plane was equipped with a single-cylinder 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) Buchet engine driving a two-bladed pusher propeller and made hops of up to 200 ft (60 m), flying up to 10 ft (3 m) high. In comparison Orville Wright's first controlled flight four months later was of 36 m (120 ft) in 12 seconds although Wilbur flew 59 seconds and 852 ft later that same day.

He founded a flying school and a plane factory, but did not have much success.

ee also

* First flying machine

External links

* [http://www.flyingmachines.org/jatho.html ] at www.flyingmachines.org Web site showing photos of his plane
* [http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/jatho.html The Pioneers : An Anthology : Karl Jatho (1873 - 1933) ] at www.ctie.monash.edu.au
* [http://www.karl-jatho.com/html/we_were_the_first.html WE WERE THE FIRST! - THE KARL-JATHO-PROJECT ] at www.karl-jatho.com
* [http://www.hannover-airport.de/jatho.html?&L=1 Hannover Airport: Flughafen-Informationen: Jatho ] at www.hannover-airport.de


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