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The Boelkow GmbH was first in Stuttgart, later in Ottobrunn (Germany) resident airplane manufacturer and helicopter manufacturer. The Boelkow GmbH merged in May 1968 with the Messerschmitt AG and 1969 with the aircraft construction from Blohm & Voss to Messerschmitt Boelkow Blohm (MBB), then largest German air and space travel company.

History

Ludwig Boelkow and Emil because and had developed developments kg of helicopters since 1955 in the company (after that 2. World war had been first forbidden the building of aircraft by the allied ones). Boelkow had to thus up-get large development arrears and was faced with a strong competition. It applied to find a market gap in which the company could exist against the established helicopter models. Which did not give it yet, a lighter was helicopter to fly on security laid out (by twin-engine design and generally redundant interpretation of all important systems as well as a highly lying rotor), uncomplicated to maintain, easily particularly for rescue missions suitably and favorably in the maintenance.

Boelkow pursued consistently the principle on a step to ahead develop around the competition to catch up. That had then also shining succeeded with the Bo 105, although the program stood several times before the attitude, because the safety package of the redundancy with the two engines had its price and the market did not want to recognize that, and/or even under rising costses. Only the order of the Federal Ministry of Defense of the VBH and PAH 1 brought the economical break-through for the program.

The capital necessary for the development came to 60% as loan of the Federal Government and should be paid back with commercial success of the helicopter. Boelkow worked already with Riskshare/in Enwicklungsgemeinschaft with the suppliers. Thus the ZF developed the main gear box in Friedrichshafen and provided also the transmissions for the prototypes free of charge. Likewise other suppliers with their systems made it.

Aerospatiale in France even took over a license and used Boelkow the rotor principle with the helicopter Gazelle. Also the today's helicopters of Eurocopter as market leaders in the world, into which the Boelkow building of helicopters is come up, are coined/shaped of the technology developed at that time of Boelkow.

1965 were created the Boelkow GmbH, and on 16 February 1967 the prototype of the Bo 105 flew for the first time. As first helicopters world-wide the Bo 105 possessed a completely hingeless main rotor with rigid rotor head, made possible by the use of glass-fiber reinforced plastic (GRP) for the rotor blades. The Boelkow rotor, was a lighter, but very sturdy rotor with good aerodynamic characteristics. Also the cell was to a large extent of GRP made and aerodynamically very favorable.

At this time and before the fusion took place and was to MBB produced Boelkow already antitank defense rocket "Cobra" developed by it also in space travel in the area of the drives actively. Boelkow developed and tested around 1964 also the first glass fiber ski. Beside the Derschmidt rotor for the Bo 46 developed also an attempt system Heidelberg of the rotor of 31 m diameters.

In addition, the company GmbH was in the area of the personnel management an innovation carrier. In the year 1967 it introduced the "Ottobrunner model" as a first company. Today work millions humans with this work time model, which admits at present under the term of the sliding work time is. This developed however more under the obligation of traffic conditions with a only one narrow approach road to the work in Ottobrunn. Ludwig Boelkow was in such things however admits with regard to the future, pragmatically and socially. Thus there was to care for at that time an operating kindergarten directly before the factory gate, where the employed mothers deliver their children in the morning, at noon and again with home in the evening to take could. The salary statement was made already 1965 by transfer by Hollerith maps in co-operation with the savings bank in Ottobrunn.