Karl-Heinz Bringer (1908-1999) was a German propulsion engineer who was among about thirty German engineers who accepted contracts in France after the Second World War. He headed the engine group at the LRBA and was instrumental in transferring V-2 and Wasserfall engine technology to France. Under his leadership France developed storable liquid-propellant motors, beginning with the 4 metric ton thrust motor of the Veronique, then the Vexin motor for the Diamant satellite launcher, and culminating in the Viking main engines for the Ariane European launcher. He retired in 1973 and worked as a consultant to SEP from 1973 to 1976. The Encyclopedia Astronautica describes him as the developer of the Viking engine and the propulsion leader of the German rocket team in France, giving his birth on 16 June 1908 and his death on 2 January 1999.
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German propulsion engineer, among thirty other engineers who accepted contracts in France after World War II.
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Born: 1908-06-16.
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German propulsion engineer, among thirty other engineers who accepted contracts in France after World War II.
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Associated With: Peenemünde Army Research Center, Lead paragraph
Bringer worked on Nazi Germany's rocket development program at Peenemünde during World War II.
In Group: German Rocket Engineers, Lead
was a German aerospace engineer, and rocket propulsion specialist who later became a French citizen
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