Hans Nibel (31 August 1880 – 25 November 1934) was a German mechanical engineer. He was employed for more than a quarter of a century in positions of increasing...
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Tatra 77, 87, and 97 under the leadership of Hans Ledwinka. In 1930, Daimler-Benz entrusted Hans Nibel with the development of a small rear-engined car...
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models. The structure originated by Ferdinand Porsche was modified by Hans Nibel. In contemporary records the car was also frequently identified according...
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model introduced that year. It was also the most significant creation of Hans Nibel, the manufacturer's high-profile Technical Director who had taken over...
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W08 was extensively reworked by the newly appointed Technical Director Hans Nibel. The result was a car with a modern “underslung” chassis whereby the longitudinal...
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Tropfenwagen was designed by Ferdinand Porsche along with Willy Walb and Hans Nibel. It raced in 1923 and 1924 and was most successful in the Italian Grand...
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European Grand Prix at Monza. These, the brainchild of Benz chief engineer Hans Nibel (1880–1934), were inspired by the Rumpler Tropfenwagen and were intended...
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This performance got the attention of Benz & Cie.'s chief engineer, Hans Nibel. Nibel conceived the Mercedes-Benz Tropfenwagen racers using the virtually...
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rear-mounted, the drive shaft is eliminated. In 1930, Daimler-Benz entrusted Hans Nibel with the development of a small rear-engined car, starting from the same...
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usually dominated by the superior traction of the mid engine Auto Union of Hans Stuck, who won at Felsberg [de], Kesselberg, Freiburg Schauinsland and Mont...
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the car was now more modern and cultivated, thanks to the attentions of Hans Nibel, who from January 1929, newly appointed as Technical Director, held sole...
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and effectively relaunched in 1929, benefiting from the attentions of Hans Nibel who from January 1929, newly appointed as Technical Director, held sole...
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model was extensively reworked by the newly appointed Technical Director Hans Nibel. The 8-cylinder engine and most other technical details were carried over...
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"as a team". Röhr was appointed "Technical Director" in succession to Hans Nibel who had died following a heart attack in November 1934. The appointment...
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4950cc to put out 375 bhp. Mercedes' entry was the W25, designed by Dr Hans Nibel. The supercharged 8-cylinder 3360cc engine had a twin-overhead camshafts...
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uprated to be able to withstand the additional engine power. Designer Dr Hans Nibel had died of a stroke the previous November, and former racer Max Sailer...
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former racer Adolf Rosenberger. The designer of the Tropfenwagen, Dr Hans Nibel, had replaced Porsche as Technical Director at Mercedes-Benz. The new...
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Annunciation of the Virgin Mary. It has a well presered Gothic core. Hans Nibel (1880–1934), German mechanical engineer "Population of Municipalities...
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theory is that the connection with the treasure was indeed primary, and that nibel-, nifl-, meaning 'mist, cloud', referred originally to a dwarfish origin...
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Hans Dortenmann (11 December 1921 – 1 April 1973) was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and fighter ace during World War II. He is credited with 39 aerial...
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January A Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 Black 12 of 10./JG. 54, flown by Leutnant Theo Nibel of the Grimbergen force, was downed during Unternehmen Bodenplatte when...
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burns. During the 1952 edition of the Carrera Panamericana, Karl Kling and Hans Klenk suffered a bird strike incident when the Mercedes-Benz W194 was struck...
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temperature reached 55 °C (131 °F), after which Focke Wulf's chief test pilot, Hans Sander commented, "It was like sitting with both feet in the fireplace."...
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1940 Hauptmann Otto Hans Winterer, 11 July 1940 – 14 August 1940 Hauptmann Dietrich Hrabak, 26 August 1940 – 27 October 1942 Major Hans "Assi" Hahn, 19 November...
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Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54—54th Fighter Wing) under the command of Oberleutnant Hans Dortenmann arrived at Fürstenau in preparation for Operation Bodenplatte...
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