Society for the Promotion of Aeronautics (Germany)

Founded on August 31, 1881, the Deutsche Verein zur Förderung der Luftschifffahrt,[1] (Society for the Promotion of Aeronautics), was the first German aviation association.

[2] The motivation for the association arose from the experience of the massive French military balloon units during the Siege of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871.

[2] In 1882 the association started printing Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins zur Förderung der Luftschifffahrt, which was the first German technical aviation journal.

In 1888 they printed under the title Zeitschrift für Luftschifffahrt (Journal of airshipflight) and the Vienese flight association Wiener Flugtechnische Verein became co-editors.

In 1892 the title changed to Zeitschrift für Luftschifffahrt und Physik der Atmosphäre (Journal of airshipflight and atmospheric physics).

1882 title sheet of the association's technical journal