Another sad day
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tripleblack
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Another sad day
Read an article in the Dutch Motoplus magazine that Hans Jurgen Klusowski died on the 11th of March in Lindau. He was the project leader on the famous Van Veen OCR rotary motorbike, and after some time at Osram he got involved in Wankel Research & Development where he made a large contribution to the rotary engine. He died at the age of 67. Wasnt't he on this forum as well?
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Richard Negus
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Re: Another sad day
I'm sorry to hear of his passing, although information received some months ago suggested it was imminent.I worked with him at Diamond Aircraft in Austria around 2002/3 on rotary engine manufacture, and had many relaxing evenings with a beer ot two in Cafe Katana there.A true gentleman of the old school.R.
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Just a bike-less old fogey now. Boo-hoo!
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kanonkopdrinker
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Re: Another sad day
I remember Mr Klusowski putting a NSU Spider (500cc single rotor) engine into a BMW R50/5 sort of frame - probably back in the 1960's ....
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Richard Negus
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Re: Another sad day
Yes, he was very proud of that - and kept photographs in his wallet.R.kanonkopdrinker wrote:I remember Mr Klusowski putting a NSU Spider (500cc single rotor) engine into a BMW R50/5 sort of frame - probably back in the 1960's ....
Just a bike-less old fogey now. Boo-hoo!