Franz-Zeno Diemer

Infobox Aviator
name=Franz Zeno Diemer
lived=1889-1954


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place of birth=Oberammergau, Bavaria
nationality=flagicon|GER German
place of death=Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg
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known for=BMW test pilot, setting numerous world records 1917-1920
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license date=1912
license place=Bavaria
air force=Bavarian Lifeguard Regiment; flight regiment Bogohl 8
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rank=Flight Officer
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Franz Zeno Diemer (1889 in Oberammergau – 1954 in Friedrichshafen) was a flight pioneer in Bavaria, setting a number of world records, and Flight Officer for Bavarian Lifeguard Regiment.

Early life

Born in Oberammergau, BavariaSon of the painter Prof. Michael Zeno Diemer and Frau DiemerTrained as an engineer.1912 Joined the Bavarian Lifeguard Regiment, then a flying squadron. Was a member of "Bogohl 8 (the bomber squadron operated by the Senior Military Command, with rank of Flying Officer.

01.07.1921 Joined Dornier in Friedrichshafen as test pilot and for trial flying of new aircraft.

1922 After Dornier's move to Marina di Pisa Italy, worked as test pilot, head of the aerodynamics department and manager of the advertising department.

From 1935 on, worked exclusively as manager of the advertising department. Was editor in chief of the company newspaper "Dornier-Post" which appeared from the autumn of 1935 until July 1938.

August 1939 to Ende 1944 : German Air Force..

Returned to Dornier and assumed charge of the suggestions scheme.End of March 1946 retired; ceased to work for Dornier.

Functions at BMW

Test pilot for BMW. 13.09.1919 Set up a world altitude record for a passenger aircraft (8 people on board, 6750 metres) in a Ju F-13 powered by a BMW Type IIIa aircraft engine (the pilot, however, may have been Moes). [BMW Historical Archives]

Franz-Zeno Diemer, the pioneering aviator, sets a new world altitude record with a 32,023 ft (9760 m) flight in 1919 using the BMW IV engine.

BMW test pilot Franz Zeno Diemer took off from the Oberwiesenfeld on 17.06.1919 in a DFW- F 37/III ("C-IV") and captured the first (initially unofficial) world record for BMW by reaching an altitude of 9,760 metres in an aircraft with a BMW IV engine, the successor to the IIIa.reached in 89 minutes. The Treaty of Versailles, signed three weeks later, prohibited Germany from making aircraft and aircraft engines, and all BMW's aero-engine development assets were confiscated by order of the Allied Control Commission.

Later in Life

Died in Friedrichshafen, a town on the northern side of Lake Constance Bodensee in southern Germany, near the borders with Switzerland and Austria.

References

ee also

*History of BMW
*Rapp Motorenwerke

External links

* [http://www.bmw-grouparchives.com BMW Group archives]