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Albert Kalkert
was born on April 5, 1902, in Honigessen (Wissen/Sieg district). After attending high school in Neuss, he enlisted in the Air Force in 1918. After the war, he studied at the Polytechnic School in Friedberg. In 1924, he received a position at LVG. At the end of 1925, he joined Heinkel, in 1927 he moved to Raab-Katzenstein
(Kassel), and then to Dornier. Between 1926 and 1933, several privately owned aircraft were built (KE-5, KE-7, KE-8, and KE-9), two of which were built at Ramor in Graz.
In 1933, Kalkert accepted a position at the Weimar Engineering School and moved to the Gothaer Wagon Factory in 1934. In October 1940, he took over technical management of the Erfurt GmbH repair shop, later Mitteldeutsche Metallwerke.
After the war, he worked for a time as a consultant, joined the Crédé wagon factory in 1953 as a board member and technical director, and in 1957, he revived BMW AG, which was then struggling for its survival. In 1960, he joined Ruhrstahl AG as technical director.