Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
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The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier to the Allies, is an all-metal four-engined monoplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was the first heavier-
Fw 200 C-3/U2 "SG+KS", became F8+AB of I.Gruppe/KG 40
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 B Condor of Deutsche Luft Hansa (Model)
Fw 200 D-2, export version of B-2 variant, ordered but not delivered to Dai Nippon Kabushiki Kaisha. Later operated by Luft Hansa. Budaörs Airport, 1938 (?)
Danish Fw 200 airliner Dania at Fornebu Airport in Norway in 1939, with early single-wheel main gear.
Kurt Tank
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Kurt Waldemar Tank was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe a
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor
…from Berlin-Staaken to Floyd Bennett Field on 10/11 August 1938 in 24 hours and 56 minutes. It was originally proposed by the aeronautical engineer Kurt Tank as a long-range land-based airliner for the flag carrier Deutsche Luft Hansa. A key feature of the Fw 200 was its ability to cruise at altitudes in…
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 L18396, Kurt Tank
Major Günther Specht (left) and Kurt Tank (right)
Tank (left, barely visible) exhibiting the IAe 33 to President Perón (center, in white uniform) c. 1951