World War I, Etrich made the design for his Taube freely available and dropped his lawsuit. After World War I, Etrich moved to Trautenau (now Trutnov) in the newly founded Czechoslovakia, and built the Sport-Taube. It was claimed to be faster with its 40 hp engine than the Czechoslovak military planes of the time. The authorities claimed he built the plane for smuggling and impounded his plane. Igo Etrich was so disappointed, that he abandoned his aeronautical projects and dedicated himself to the production of textile machinery. Etrich died on February 4 1967 in Salzburg, Austria. Surviving aircraft The Etrich II can be seen at the "Technisches Museum" in Vienna, Austria. The Etrich Sport-Taube, a closed-cockpit monoplane, and the Wells/Etrich glider are exhibited at the National Technical Museum in Prague. Numismatics Igo Etrich has recently been selected as a main motif for a euro collectors' coin, the Austrian Aviation commemorative coin, minted on 28 February 2007. This reverse side of the coin shows the “Etrich-Taube” as well as the “Zanonia” glider and a waving Igo Etrich sitting in the open cockpit of a plane. See also Volksflugzeug References 1879 births 1967 deaths People from Trutnov German Bohemian people Aviation pioneers German people of German Bohemian descent Austrian people of German Bohemian descent