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Kurt Hohenemser

American engineer
Kurt Hohenemser
American engineer

January 3, 1906

Berlin, Germany


April 7, 2001


Kurt Hohenemser, (born Jan. 3, 1906, Berlin, Ger.—died April 7, 2001, St. Louis, Mo.) German-born American aerospace engineer who , was a pioneer in the field of helicopter design. During World War II, Hohenemser worked in Germany for inventor Anton Flettner, helping Flettner build the F1 282 Kolibri, one of the first helicopters used in combat. Hohenemser relocated to the U.S. in 1947. Working as an engineer for the McDonnell Aircraft Corp., he designed, among other helicopters, the XV-1, a precursor of the Osprey military aircraft. From 1966 until his retirement in 1975, he was a professor of aerospace engineering at Washington University, St. Louis.

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