Helmut Reichmann

Helmut Reichmann ( born December 23, 1941 † March 10, 1992 ) was a German glider pilot, three-time World Gliding Champion and together with Barron Hilton founder of the Barron Hilton Cup. He was Professor of Art (specializing in "Experimental plastic " ) at the College of Fine Arts ( HBK ) Saar and in the 80 years Professor of Design at the University of Applied Sciences of the Saarland in Saarbrücken in the Department of Product Design. Since 1989

Reichmann began in 1958 as a teenager with the training of glider pilots and was within a few years one of the best and most famous German glider pilot.

Since 1973, he coached the German national team.

He wrote two books Streckensegelflug ( emerged from his sport theoretical dissertation at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Karlsruhe) and gliding - the practical training which today are among the standard works for the training of glider pilots.

Reichmann was one of the initiators of the gliding - country performance center Marpingen, which has now been named after him.

" The desire for free movement in the room, the old dream of flying has certainly found in gliding his finest performance. The glider pilot reveals the nature a world that seemed unattainable decades ago. A world mighty forces, gentle or wild, magnificent and mysterious. He teams up with her, flying at her, she tries to fathom and to use their dynamics. The burden of daily life remains far down back, seems small and insignificant, the wings make you free. "

On March 10, 1992 accident Helmut Reichmann during the national team training at the fatal collision with another aircraft in the southern French Alps.

Works

• " Streckensegelflug", engine book publishing house, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3613024793
• " Gliding. The practical training ", engine book publishing house, Stuttgart, ISBN 978-3879436606