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Mechanical engineer Tódor Kármán

SERIES TITLE: Milestones in the history of Hungarian Technology

Mechanical engineer Tódor Kármán (1881 - 1963). For a short period he was an instructor with Donát Bánki at the Technical University, and later accepted an engineer position at Ganz Factory. After WW1, he developed together with his colleagues the PKZ-type helicopter, the world’s first rotored military flying device, at the Aerodynamic Laboratory close to Vienna. In 1933 he settled in the USA for …

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Contributors

  • B. Révész, László (director)
  • Hajdufy, Eszter (editor)
  • Juhász, Árpád (editor)

Publisher

  • Magyar Televízió 2

Subject

  • Transportation, science and technology
  • technikatörténet
  • rakéta
  • léghajó
  • helikopter
  • gépészmérnöki ismeretek
  • ballisztika
  • aerodinamika
  • Kármán Tódor
  • …
  • Metal Goods & Engineering

Type of item

  • ITEM
  • Factual