krak w poland linke hofmann was a german manufacturing company originally established in breslau to produce locomotives and rolling stock . its origins lay in the wheelwright business of gottfried linke begun in 1834 . it is now part of alstom the name linke hofmann busch became defunct in 2009 when it became alstom transport germany gmbh . during world war i it became one of many companies in germany drawn into the aircraft industry even though they had no prior experience in aircraft design . linke hofmann first entered the aircraft industry by repairing and constructing aircraft designed by other established companies under licence such as the roland c.iia albatros b.iia c.iii and c.x. in 1916 linke hofmann was awarded a contract to design and build a four engined heavy bomber under the riesenflugzeug giant aircraft designation . two designs were built in prototype form the r.i and the r.ii ; both designs were unconventional . the r.i was unsuccessful but the linke hofmann r.ii flew well . however the war ended before it could go into production . post war attempts to build r.ii s as passenger and transport aircraft were prevented by the allied control commission which was concerned about bombers being built illicitly under the guise of airliners and the possible resumption of the war . see also edit pafawag former linke hofmann factory in wroclaw breslau nationalised in 1945 sources edit the german giants the story of the r planes 1914 1919 g.w haddow & peter m. grosz 1963 . published by putnam & company 42 great russell street london gunston bill 1993 . world encyclopedia of aircraft manufacturers . annapolis naval institute press . p. 183 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title linke hofmann busch & oldid 710602900 categories defunct aircraft manufacturers of germanylocomotive manufacturers of germany navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschnederlandsportugu s edit links this page was last modified on 17 march 2016 at 23 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view