Books By Markus Raffel, Bernd Lukasch - Author

Markus Raffel (*1962) is Professor of Aerodynamics at Leibniz University of Hanover and Head of the Department of Helicopters at the Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology at DLR, the German Aerospace Center. He started at DLR in 1991, working in the field of experimental aerodynamics. He has published over 150 journal and conference papers, and is the leading author of the widely distributed textbook "Particle Image Velocimetry", about the most common optical flow diagnostic technique today. After a short flying course with glider aircraft, he obtained his private pilot certificate and flies single-engine and light-sport aircraft in Europe and the US. After practicing hang gliding in France and California, he built an authentic replica of Otto Lilienthal's patented monoplane and was the first pilot to fly it since Otto Lilienthal's deadly crash in 1896.

Bernd Lukasch (*1954) studied physics in Berlin and worked in the experimental department "