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Aero research association of technical high school formed 1920 to concentrate on gliders; in 1959 flew FVA-18 40-hp 2-seater, or single-seat glider tug.
Formed 1956 by Heinkel and Messerschmitt to build Fouga Magister under licence; later managed German Fiat G91 programme.
Flugzeugwerft Lübeck-Travemünde GmbH formed at Travemünde Privall May 1914 to produce seaplanes. F.1 (3) and F.2 (11) were followed by 34 armed reconnaissance biplanes with Bz IV engine 1917-18.
Formed 1933 by Heinrich Focke (ex-Focke-Wulf) and aerobatic pilot Gerd Achgelis. Developed what is often regarded as first successful helicopter, Fw 61, redesignated Fa 61 before first flight on 25…
Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG formed by Heinrich Focke and Georg Wulf at Bremen 1 January 1924. Focke and Wulf had produced A5 single-seat monoplane 1912 and A7 Storch 2-seater flown November…
Focke-Wulf GmbH formed 1951 at 1-5 Hunefeldstrasse, Bremen airport. Made gliders, Blume 500 prototype and, from 1958, Piaggio 149D trainer. From 1960 assembled 375 F-104G as part of ARGE Nord.…
Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, son of Java coffee planter, was sent to school in native Holland, avoided army conscription but cunningly got on aviation course at Bingen, Germany. Designed, built…
Frankfurter Flugzeugbau Max Gerner formed 1930 to produce G.I and G.II light aircraft, became Adlerwerke 1934.
Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH established 1913 near that city at Manzell. FF29 2-seat seaplane flown late 1913 led to over 20 related types, including FF33e (190), 33h (50), 331 (about 130)…
Geest Flugzeugbau formed by Dr Waldemar Geest at Berlin-Oberschöneweide 1915, building several inherently stable monoplanes (Möwe patent) of vaguely Antoinette type. Did not participate in military production except for Aviatik-built…
GESELLSCHAFT ZUR ENTWICKLUNG UND FÖRDERUNG AEROSTATISCHER FLUGSYSTEME GmbH (Aerostatic Flight Systems Development and Promotion Company) GEFA-Flug was established 1975 to operate advertising and passenger-carrying hot-air ballons; has R&D department to…
German Aircraft GmbH has taken over production and sales of the SAI G97 Spotter, previously produced in Italy; the product has been retitled Sky-MAXX. The company wanted to raise further…
Germania Flugzeugwerke GmbH formed at Leipzig 1914, building small numbers of 2-seat biplanes of C (armed fighter/recon) series, and several prototypes including streamlined DB and JM fighters. Ceased manufacture 1919.
Frankfurter Flugzeugbau Max Gerner GmbH formed in that city 1930, built prototypes of G.I and G.II light aircraft, taken over 1934 by Adler.
Dietrich Gobiet formed aircraft company at Kassel before 1924, marketing by Bäumer Aero GmbH. Best-known products DP.IIa 2-seat biplane (75/80-hp Siemens) of 1923 and DP.VIIa parasol single-seater (55/60-hp Siemens).
Richard Goetze made aircraft 1916-18 as subcontractor at 4 Berlin works, 1 in Berlin itself, 2 at Treptow and 1 at Johannisthal.
Gothaer Waggonfabrik AG was founded 1914, with factory and school at Gotha and seaplane school at Warnemünde, where several types of seaplane built 1914-16. Main factory concentrated on twin-engine biplane…
Aircraft construction department of GWF reopened 2 October 1933, with design bureau under Dipl.-Ing. Albert Kalkert. Built Ar 66, He 45 and He 46 whilst designing Go 145 biplane trainer…
Hans Grade Flieger Werke established 1911. Grade built primitive triplane, first German flying machine, which made hops from October 1908. By 1911 aircraft, mainly monoplanes, were being sold to customers…
BURKHART GROB LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT e K (Associated with Grob-Werke e K) Company founded 1928; began aviation activities in 1971, since when has built more than 3,500 aircraft; name changed…
Ing. Karl Grulich, technical manager of DAL (airline Deutsche Aero Lloyd) in 1922, was given free hand by Fokker to make F.II transport. DAL built a number of F.IIs as…
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