Ewald Rohlfs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ewald Rohlfs

German test pilot

Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1911

Place of Birth: Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 29-Jul-1984

Profession: test pilot

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ewald Rohlfs (1911 Bremen, Germany - 1984) was a test pilot.
In 1936 Rohlfs made the first flight of a helicopter, the Focke-Wulf Fw 61.
One year later he took the helicopter to an altitude of 1,130 feet (344 m) and then idled the engine.
using its spinning rotors to descend safely to the ground.