
Max Schüler had built a monoplane in Chemnitz, Germany, and designed a motor. He began the construction of a double-decker here but failed. Max Schüler came to Johannisthal in 1909, set up an aircraft construction workshop.
After this failure, he wanted to try again with a monoplane, but had no more money. He sought support and found it with Wolfgang Harlan. This funded with a repayment date and agreed to surrender the aircraft in the event of non-regular repayment instead of money. Whatever happened Schiller’s workshop was the first in Johannisthal which had to give up because of lack of money.

In 1910 the ‘Aeroplan’ monoplane was built by chemist Max Schuler.