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Following the successful career of Ernst Heinkel as the chief designer for the Hansa-Brandenburg aviation firm in World War I, Heinkel's own firm was established at Warnemünde in 1922.
Following the successful career of Ernst Heinkel as the chief designer for the Hansa-Brandenburg aviation firm in World War I, Heinkel's own firm was established at Warnemünde in 1922, after the restrictions on German aviation imposed by the Treaty of Versailles were relaxed. By 1929, the firm's compressed air-powered catapults were in use on the German Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean-liners SS Bremen and Europa to launch short-range mail planes from the liners' decks..
The Heinkel company is most closely associated with aircraft used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. This began with the adaptation of the He 70 and, in particular, the He 111, to be used as bombers. Heinkel also provided the Luftwaffe's only operational heavy bomber, the Heinkel He 177, although this was never deployed in significant numbers. The German Luftwaffe equipped both of these bombers with the Z-Gerät, Y-Gerät, and Knickebein, developed by Johannes Plendl, and thus they were among the first aircraft to feature advanced night navigation devices, common in all commercial airplanes today.
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| Industry | Aerospace |
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| Founded | 1922 |
| Founder | Ernst Heinkel |
| Defunct | 1965 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW) |
| Headquarters | Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany |
| Key people | Robert Lusser |
| Services | Aircraft engines |
1932-present
Heinkel 51
Heinkel 162 Volksjager
Heinkel 111 Medium Bomber
Casa Heinkel 111 Spanish variant
Heinkel 111Z Zwilling Heavy bomber
Heinkel 178 First Jet aircraft
Henshell 126
Henshell 129
Heinkel 177 Greif
Heinkel 219 Uhu Nightfighter
aviation quote
Why does the Air Force need expensive new bombers?
Have the people we've been bombing over the years been complaining?
"George C. Wallace
SOME WORKS"
Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel.
Heinkel He 111 is a German airliner and bomber designed by Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934.
He 111Z's operational history was minimal. One machine was caught by RAF fighter aircraft over France 1944.
Heinkel He 177 Greif (Griffin) was a long-range heavy bomber flown by the Luftwaffe during WW II.
Heinkel He 162 Volksjäger (German, "People's Fighter") was a German single-engine, jet-powered fighter
Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat biplane fighter aircraft. A seaplane variant of the type.
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