Title

German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen, 1932. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

German aviator Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen, 1932. Koenig-Warthausen (1906-1986) made the first solo flight around the world, August 1928-November 1929, in a Klemm L.20 with a 20 horse power air-cooled, two-cylinder Daimler-Benz F-7502 boxer engine. He won the Hindenburg Cup, the highest German honour for aeronautical achievement. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]
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Date

1932

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D52_022

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

65,3Mb (3,7Mb) / 19,9in x 12,7in / 5973 x 3823 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation Germany people male man men flying German country flight guy color aeroplane aircraft plane airplane location century first pilot thirties solo aviation concept navigation twenties aviator air Transport Colour Airman 1930s 1920s 20th century The Print Collector circumnavigation Unknown Eugene Euge cigarette card Josef Garbáty Garbáty Josef Josef Garbaty Garbaty Josef Garbáty-Rosenthal Josef Garbaty-Rosenthal Garbáty-Rosenthal Garbaty-Rosenthal Eugene Garbáty Eugene L. Garbaty Eugene L. Eugene L Garbaty Klemm Klemm L 20 Klemm L.20 Klemm L.20B Friedrich Karl von König-Warthausen König-Warthausen Friedrich Karl von Friedrich Karl von Konig-Warthausen Konig-Warthausen Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen Koenig-Warthausen Friedrich Karl Richard Paul August Josef Garbáty Eugene Garbáty Moritz Garbáty cigarette card