Bäumer Aero
| Company type | GmbH |
|---|---|
| Industry | Aircraft manufacturing |
| Founded | November 7, 1922 in Hamburg, Germany |
| Founder | Paul Bäumer, Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp |
| Defunct | 1930 |
| Headquarters | Hamburg , Germany |
| Products | Aircraft (Bäumer Sausewind, Red Bird motor glider, Alsterkind, Puck, Libelle) |
Bäumer Aero GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer established by Paul Bäumer, whose name the company bore. It gained recognition primarily for its production of the Bäumer Sausewind monoplane, a notable sports aircraft.
History
The company was founded on 7 November 1922 in Hamburg, Germany, by former World War I fighter pilots Paul Bäumer and Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp. Their enterprise focused on selling aircraft, aviation accessories, and airships. Initially, Bäumer Aero GmbH distributed planes produced by Udet Flugzeugbau and Dietrich Flugzeugwerke.
In 1924, Bäumer Aero introduced its first aircraft, the Red Bird motor glider. The following year, the firm achieved widespread acclaim with the Bäumer Sausewind, a sports aircraft that performed successfully during the 1925 Round Germany Flight. Only four units of the Sausewind were manufactured. Subsequently, the company developed the Alsterkind and Puck models.
The engineering and design team included young talents such as brothers Siegfried and Walter Günter, alongside Walter Mertens and Werner Meyer-Cassel. Siegfried Günter joined the group in 1926.
Tragedy struck on 15 July 1927 when Paul Bäumer died instantly while conducting a test flight of the Rohrbach Ro IX fighter for a Turkish military delegation. After ascending to approximately 5,000 meters, the aircraft entered an unrecoverable spin and crashed into the Öresund near Copenhagen, Denmark. Bäumer's passing caused a halt in all company development and planning activities. It took nearly a year before the Sausewind IV was completed in May 1928, and another year passed before production of the Libelle model began. Unfortunately, both Libelle aircraft crashed, marking the model as unsuccessful. Ultimately, Bäumer Aero GmbH ceased operations and was liquidated at the end of 1930.