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Robert Thelen *1884 †23.02.1968, Flugpionier, Fluglehrer,
Ingenieur, bis 1919 Chefkonstrukteur und Technischen Direktor
der Albatros-Flugzeugwerke GmbH in Berlin-Johannisthal.

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In 1914 Orville Wright described Robert Thelen as „the best pilot they have here” (meant is JOHANNISTHAL).

„New Altitude Record”, Knoxville Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: March 21, 1914, „Johannisthal, March 20. - The altitude record of 12,303 feet for a flight with three passengers was established today from the aerodrome here by Robert Thelen, the German aviator.”



„Engineer Thelen, with Frau Direktor Worner as passenger,
on his Wright Biplane during the Berlin Aviation Week this month.”
Legend from Flight Magazine, 29 October 1910, page 892.