A Közlekedési Múzeum Évkönyve 13. 2001-2002 (2003)

IV. RÉSZ • A Közlekedési Múzeum gyűjteményeiből 365 - Rövid tartalmi összefoglaló a Közlekedési Múzeum XIII. Évkönyvéhez (magyar, angol, német nyelven) 385

Attila Szabó: György Endresz (1893-1932). The 110th anniversary of the birth of this world-famous Atlantik flyer provided a worthy opportunity that on the basis of his own researches the Author should throw light on such périodes of the life of the excellent aviator, which were not, or only partly known. Endresz had chosen the military career in his early childhood and after finishing the military school, in 1913 he was attached to the 19th infantry regiment. During the 1st World War, in 1914, he had been sent to the Russian front, where he was wounded and fell into captivity. After several attempts, in 1916 he succeeded to escape to Sweden where he obtained a temporary passport. He returned to Hungary and reported to pilote training. He was trained in Bécsújhely and rendered service at the Hungarian air force till 1923. Between 1923 and 1926 he got a job as pilot at the civil air line company Aeroexpress. In 1926 he had gone to America to study the aviation following that he returned and left Aeroexpress. Still in the same year he was employed as instructor pilot and commander of airport by the Hungarian Aero Association. Sándor Magyar, the former pupil of Endresz rised the issue in 1929 of a Hungarian Atlantic flight. In interest of this venture the Hungarian people living in the United States and in Canada established a committee. The price of the aeroplane was covered by public contributions. According to the request of the Hungarian people living in America the Hungarian Aero Association appointed György Endresz as pilot and Sándor Magyar as navigator. A number of test flights had been carried out by the Lockheed Sirius aeroplane to America and on the bases of the experiences of the tests the failures and shortcomings were eliminated. Waiting for the best meteorogical opportunity for the flight the aeroplane took off on 15th July 1931, at 13.40 from the airport Harbour Grace (New Foundland, Canada). They reached the shores of Ireland within a record time of 13 hour 50 minutes. During the flight towards the inner part of the European continent the weather was worsening more and more and on the final section the fuel supply of the engine ceased due to a reason not cleared up to now. As a result an emergency landing had to be carried out in the Bicske-Felcsut region on 16th July 1931. The landing was successful. The aeroplane had been repaired and was exhibited in the Transport Museum. Endresz had been invited to the conference of the Atlantic flyers by the Italian Aero Club and took off by the aeroplane Sirius on the 21st May 1932 for Rome. He had arrived to the aerport Littorio of Rome at 3 p.m. where he suffered a fatal accident during landing, which has not cleared up to now. The plane crashed and burnt down. The burrial of Endresz and his companion Gyula Bittai took place at home in Hungary on the 25th May 1932. At the boarder of the communities Bicske and Szár the amateur pilots erected a monument on the place of the one-time emergency landing. János Hídvégi: The Largest Motorcycle Exhibition Of The Transport Museum. The "Leisure Time" exhibition complex organized by the Budapest Fair Centre Hungexpo Joint Stock Company is successful for years and much frequented. The organizers of the exhibition realized the growing popularity of motorcycling and requested the Transport Museum to build an independent motorcycle exhibition as part of the "Leisure Time" exhibition complex of the year 2002. The organizers regarded as important that beside the most important up-to-date models even motorcycles of museum value should be exhibited. In the same time there was an opportunity for all of the domestic trade representatives, manifacturers and merchants to demonstrate their products and services for the publick. The Author describes in his study the points of view, which constituted the basis of development of the motorcycle exhibition of the Transport Museum right from the beginning. Outstanding among the vehicles exhibited are the motorcycles manifactured before the 1st World War, as the Puch built in 1907 and the Méray Jap 1000, this later one from those, which have been built in Hungary. On the exhibition in 2002 50 domestic and foreign made motorcycles have been demonstrated. The Author introduces the construction of the vehicles according the time of manifacture. The technical data of the types are summarized in a separate table. Sándor Krizsán: The History Of The Horse Tramway Of Rákospalota And Újpest. Rákospalota and Újpest were regarded in the 1840s as villages of agricultural character, but thanks to their closeness to Pest 400