August Euler & His Aircraft

[JackH]

Today Aeronaut Books published August Euler & His Aircraft in 2 volumes. Some of you will be happy and some will ask ‘Why Euler?’ or even ‘Who is Euler?’

August Euler is an important pioneer in German aviation and held German Pilot License No.1. He also designed and built many early aircraft and founded his own aircraft company, and was a flight instructor and founded his own flight school.

The book is a translated and expanded edition of Abenteuer Gelber Hund by the author published in Germany in 2008. It tells the full story of Euler and his airplanes for the first time. I originally obtained a copy via a friend in Germany as a reference for a book on Euler’s aircraft. After looking at the book, I realized that I needed to publish an English edition and contacted the author about the possibility. He was enthusiastic so we moved forward. Dr. Hannes Täger, author of our book on Carl Menckhoff, kindly agreed to translate it as Adam Wait was busy translating the Jasta 23 and Zeebrugge books.

The book tells the full story of August Euler and all his aircraft, not just his WWI aircraft. In so doing it gives a lot of the history of early German aviation. In many cases, we give the actual designations for Euler aircraft in English for the first time. Appendix 1 is a copy of the Euler ‘Nationale’, the log of every aircraft Euler built by factory work number.

Not content to publish the book with the original content, we commissioned scale drawings of 6 Euler aircraft and added about 100 photos from the Grosz collection in Berlin, most of them previously unpublished. Euler aircraft were fairly rare and primarily used for training, so the fact the volumes include 396 photos is remarkable.

But what about operational combat aircraft? Next year we will publish the LVG book we promised a few years ago – in 2 volumes due to the large number of photos. We’ll cover all LVG aircraft, including prototypes. Later Colin Owers and I will cooperate to bring you the definitive Hannover reference. And there will be other surprises to look forward to.

All the best,
Jack

P.S. Because nearly all Euler aircraft were finished in CDL and used for training, we have omitted color profiles except for the back cover of V1. There were not enough colors or operational aircraft to justify color profiles or the increased price we would have to charge for color.

[SE5a1]

just ordered these two books.looking forword to reading them because not much is on the internet about these aircraft.

[ONEALM]

Mine have arrived - fascinating to read about this little covered designer and his aircraft. Amazing that after more than 40 years of interest in the topic, there are still these nearly completely unknown subjects to explore.

[SE5a1]

lol,that's what I said.not much on the web.

[sator]

It,s time he got some recognition after all these years.

[SE5a1]

got mine monday.wish performance data and pilot reports were included. still great books as always