We wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for Felix

The Early Years Dr. Wankel, "the father of the rotary engine”, was born August 13, 1902 in Lahr, Germany. He was the only child of Rudolf Wankel (1867-1914), a senior forestry official who was killed by shrapnel in World War I as an Oberleutnant. Although his family's poverty (due in par...

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