The professional stations of Gerhard Eggers in detail:

• Junkers Dessau (1936–1945) – test engineer and chief scientific assistant to Prof. Heinrich Hertel
• France: SNECMA (1946–1959) – ATAR jet engine, ATAR Volant and Coléoptère
• Bremen: Focke-Wulf, VFW and ERNO (1959–1970) – reconstruction and the founding of Entwicklungsring Nord
• Spaceflight: From the Europa rocket to Spacelab – Europe’s road to human spaceflight
• VFW-Fokker and retirement (1970–1998) – board years in Düsseldorf and later life