Chronological outline of the life of Prof. Gerhard Eggers (1912–1998).
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1912 | Born 6 July in Rostock, second son of Louis Eggers and Margarete Eggers, née Gerwe |
| 1930 | Abitur at the Realgymnasium in Rostock |
| 1930–1936 | Studies at the universities of Rostock, Vienna and Hamburg; graduates with distinction; obtains pilot’s licence |
| 1936 | Joins Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG, Dessau, as test engineer; later chief scientific assistant to Prof. Heinrich Hertel |
| 1939 | Marries Hildegard Koch |
| 1940–1945 | Birth of the children Karsten (20 December 1940), Birgit (20 December 1943) and Heidrun (28 February 1945, Gernrode) |
| 1944 | Family evacuated to Gernrode |
| 1946 | Emigrates to France; joins SNECMA in Decize; works on the ATAR jet engine under Dr. Hermann Oestrich |
| 1953 | Moves to Dammarie-les-Lys; heads the “engine installation” department; ATAR Volant and Coléoptère (C-450) projects |
| 1957 | Médaille de l’Aéronautique |
| 1959 | Returns to Germany; technical director at Focke-Wulf in Bremen; lives at Schwachhauser Ring 41 |
| 1961 | Co-founds Entwicklungsring Nord (ERNO) with Focke-Wulf, Weserflug and Hamburger Flugzeugbau |
| 1963 | Weser-Flugzeugbau and Focke-Wulf merge on 12 November into Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke (VFW); Eggers joins the management board |
| 1964 | Honorary professor at TU Berlin (vertical take-off technology) |
| 1965 | Appointed Commandeur d’Honneur |
| 1969 | VFW merges with the Dutch N. V. Fokker to form VFW-Fokker |
| 1970 | Board member of the VFW-Fokker central company in Düsseldorf; family moves to Bad Zwischenahn |
| 1974 | On 5 June ESRO selects VFW-Fokker/ERNO as prime contractor for the European Spacelab programme (contract volume 579 million DM) |
| 1977 | Retires |
| 1978 | Death of his wife Hildegard |
| 1992 | Gerhard-Eggers-Straße named in Bremen |
| 1998 | Dies 23 August in Bad Zwischenahn from the consequences of a fall |