David Schwarz (aviation Inventor)
David Schwarz (Croatian: David Švarc) (December 20, 1852,Note a Keszthely, Kingdom of HungaryNote b – January 13, 1897, Vienna) was a Hungarian-Croatian aviation pioneer of Jewish descent.Sources do not agree as to Schwarz's nationality: some claim Austrian, others Croatian or Hungarian
Schwarz created the first flyable rigid airship. It was also the first airship with an external hull made entirely of metal. He died before he could see it finally fly. Sources claimed that Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin purchased the patent from his widow, but Hugo Eckener disputed this.
Read more about David Schwarz (aviation Inventor): Life, Airship Thoughts, In Russia and The First Airship, Back in Germany and Construction At Tempelhof, Death and Maiden Flight, Legacy
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