Charlotte Möhring

Charlotte Möhring (born 31 March 1887 - died 19 October 1970 in Berlin) was a German aviator and the second German woman to receive a pilot's license.[1]

Charlotte Möhring
Charlotte Möhring and engine
Born31 March 1887
Pankow, German Empire
Died19 October 1970
Berlin
NationalityGerman
Known forearly aviator

Life
Charlotte Möhring with aircraft in 1912

She was born in Pankow in 1887.

Möhring was a passenger on a flight from Johannisthal to Döberitz on board a Rumpler Taube. On 7 September 1912 she received pilot's license #285 flying a Grade monoplane. She was the second German woman to be licensed (after Amelie Beese), and the third woman in Germany (after Beese and Božena Laglerová from Prague).[1][2] She flew at the Essen-Gelsenkirchen-Rotthausen aerodrome.[3]

Charlotte was married to Georg Mürau, who was also a pilot and instructor, they operated a flying school together in 1914. She was the manager and they toured and exhibited in 21 cities in Germany alone.[1] During and after World War I civil aviation was restricted in Germany, Möhring did not resume her flying career which in 1953 she described as "a sport".[4] She died in 1970 in Berlin.

See also

References
  1. Lebow, Eileen F. (2003). Before Amelia: Women Pilots in the Early Days of Aviation. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-57-488532-3. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. Lam, Dave (2014). "Bozena Laglerova". earlyaviators.com. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. Gernoth, Jo (15 October 2015). "Die flotte Lotte". derwesten.de (in German). Funke Mediengruppe. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. "Bei einer Notlandung kennengelernt" (PDF). Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). 30 March 1962. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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