Recent content by Rocket Man

Krabat42, sorry for the long delay! My computer crashed shortly after my last post in this thread. Also, my uncle passed away shortly thereafter. Thanks for your information!

Seesul - sorry for the long absence. I live in South Jersey. About 10 minutes from Philadelphia.

I have some updated information. This comes from my uncle; Rolf "Rudolph" Amman's oldest son. "The BMW-801 was my father's idea, his concept. He wanted a radial engine that would fly higher than most, and still give 200o hp at 40,000 ft altitude. He made it. Duckstein was the...

I spent yesterday morning at the University of Pennsylvania library, browsing through the weekly Aviation News magazines from 1946 1947. I was looking for a specific article, and I found it! The article was in the December 9, 1946 copy of Aviation News magazine. The article is titled...

The following is an account from my uncle (oldest son of Dr. Ammann)... "At BMW his functions were actually more than Prokura, the right to sign binding contracts for the firm. Of eleven departments at BMW, Vater (Father) ran nine. From 1943 on he was responsible for the production of all...

His name was Dr. Rudolph "Rolf" Ammann. I have seen film of him at Fort Bliss, Texas (USA) in 1945, standing with a group of scientists along with Wernher von Braun. It's strange seeing him 'alive' again.

I should receive the book from Amazon early next week. I'll let you know what I find out about my grandfather. Thanks!

Munich. My Grandfather and his family were brought to the US in 1945 (Project Paperclip). His brothers and their families stayed in Germany.

Thanks for the information. I have found the details that you mentioned on various web sites, but no disigner / engineer names. My Grandfather used to work for BMW before and during the war. From what I have been able to gather from relatives and from his obituary from 1971, he was a primary...

Does any one know the name of the engineer that designed the BMW-801 engine? How about the engineer that designed the Kommandogerat (automatic engine control) used with the BMW-801?