Lange Eitel, Lange Rolf (w3406)
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- Description: Eitel Lange was a German photographer who had served as official photographer to Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring during World War II. Between 1952 and 1954, he and his son Rolf Lange completed a round-the-world journey on a 597 cc, 28 hp Zündapp KS 601 flat-twin with a Steib sidecar, nicknamed "Taksy" - a name derived, according to Bernd Tesch, from "take it easy". Their route covered Europe (Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Turkey), Asia (Iran, Pakistan, India, Ceylon, then by ship to Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, riding overland in Japan), and the Americas (by ship to Hawaii, then North America, returning by ship to Europe). During the journey they interviewed film star Errol Flynn and met Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi of Iran. The "Taksy" sidecar outfit is on permanent display at the German Motorcycle Museum in Neckarsulm. The journey contributed significantly to the legendary status of the Zündapp KS 601, known as the "Green Elephant". In 1956-57, Eitel Lange and his wife Ilse completed a further one-year round-the-world journey, this time in a Goggomobil T 300 microcar
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- Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Germany, Germania, Allemagne
- Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: -
- Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Motorbike, Motocicletta, Moto
- Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Around the World, Giro del mondo, Tour du monde
- Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Lange, Eitel. Weltfahrt: Mit Motorrad und Kamera. 1954. Trad. inglese: Around the World with Motorcycle and Camera. Los Angeles: Floyd Clymer Publications, 1957.
