Ufag

The company's first manager was the twenty-four-year-old Viktor Wittmann, who in 1910, with a degree in mechanical engineering in his pocket, set off for Reims, France, to study in what was then the citadel of European aircraft manufacturing.

In May 1915, during a demonstration flight of one of the factory's military aircraft, he lost control of the plane and crashed from an altitude of 30 to 40 metres.

However, the first and earliest site of the factory did not have an airport, so most of the aircraft parts had to be transported to Rákosmező, where the airplanes were assembled and tested.

and UFAG (Ungarische Flugzeugfabrik Aktien Gesellschaft), including an increasing number of German-designed Hansa-Brandenburg C.I.

These were, of course, still canvas-covered, wood-frame and plywood machines - which was why the carpenters who were to be found in the area were so well served - and were powered by 160, 200 and 230 hp Hiero engines manufactured by UFAG.