Friedrich Karl von Koenig-Warthausen
Friedrich Karl Freiherr Koenig and from Warthausen ( born April 2, 1906 in Warthausen, † December 15, 1986 in Munich) was a German pilot and squire.
Life
Friedrich Karl was the first son of Baron Friedrich von Hausen and waiting; born and his wife Elisabeth ( † 1961) on the castle Warthausen in the former Oberamt Biberach ( " Baron Fritz" † 1948).
He attended grammar school with boarding facilities in Munich. After graduation, he worked as a working student at the Maschinenfabrik Esslingen and undertook ship factory rides with Hapag to America. He studied law and economics in Munich, Konigsberg and Berlin. In addition, he allowed himself to sail and motor pilots train.
In the summer of 1928 he started at the age of 22 years to a non-stop flight from Berlin to Moscow, setting a world record flight. His plane was a Klemm L20 with only 20 hp. Without hesitation he flew on to Persia and then in one and a quarter years around the Earth. Among other things, he put on that flight a stopover in Universal City, there to visit the Universal Studios of Carl Laemmle. He received in 1929 for the first Hindenburg Cup and 10,000 Reichsmarks; so that he could pay the debt for the aircraft with his parents. From his experiences, he reported in two books.
He has worked in various capacities for the German aviation industry since 1930. In 1931 he continued his studies in Tübingen and received his PhD on German aviation to South America. After the war he became a farmer on his father's castle summer camp. From his second marriage a son was born in 1958. In 1973 he sold the castle summer living and bought a house in Brezzo di Bedero on Lake Maggiore.
Works
- Wings around the world. G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, New York, London 1930
- With 20 hp and flare gun. Adventures of a Hindenburg aircraft. German publishing house, Stuttgart 1932; Thienemanns, Stuttgart 1951
- Continue with 20 hp! New Adventures of Hindenburg aircraft. DVA, Stuttgart 1933 Revision as: Wonderland and skyscrapers. Continue with 20 hp! Thienemanns, Stuttgart 1952