Alois Wolfmüller

Alois Wolf Müller ( born April 24, 1864 in Landsberg am Lech, † October 3, 1948 in Oberstdorf) was a German inventor, engineer and aviation pioneer.

Life

Wolf Müller attended elementary and junior high school, where he is said to have already given some thought to the flight of birds in Landsberg. From this period is reported that a teacher should have said to the exception very good Wolfmüller once: " For you will once either a great Lump or else something very big. " In 1880 he finished school, whose witness him perform well in arithmetic, drawing and the German language certified.

Wolfmüller fluctuated before graduating with his career choice between the profession of the painter and the mechanic. He decided to go into teaching in the end in the mechanical workshop of his father. From the age of 21 Wolf Müller worked as a mechanic, repair workers and Drechsler in various German companies. 1889 he also joined as a student engineering school, which he left as an outstanding student in 1891 without a diploma. It is believed that he has waived the foreman test due to the surplus places in this area. Subsequently Wolfmüller again worked as a designer, including the gas engine factory Benz and Co.

As a contemporary of Otto Lilienthal he corresponded regularly with this in letters about the properties and types of flying machines and their wing designs. He has the problems solved by the Lilienthal glider control. Otto Lilienthal Normal Segelapperat was drawn with focus control by shifting weight of the body. This concept has always been perceived as problematic. Wolfmüller solved this problem on his glider, by 1895 the first slider created with mechanical control. This concept has existed until the present day.

In addition, he is considered the inventor of the first mass-produced motorcycle in the world ( " Hildebrand and Wolf Müller " ) and is therefore also in the Guinness Book of Records.

Aircraft by Alois Wolf Müller can be seen among others in the flight Schleißheim, a branch of the Deutsches Museum; Bikes are on display in the Motorcycle Museum Neckarsulm and the Deutsches Museum in Munich.