CFS1 Focke-Wulf Fw 200-A "Condor", 1937 2024-05-18

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CFS1 Focke-Wulf Fw 200-A "Condor", 1937 - The first Inter-Continental Airliner

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1937 German long-range passenger transport built by Focke Wulf, the first inter-continental airliner of all time. It had elegant, graceful lines, and was powered by four 720 hp BMW 132G-1 radial engines, with a top speed of 197 kt (365 kph). It comfortably seated 26 passengers and a crew of 4.

The famous D-ACON "Brandenburg" established two long-range speed records in 1938: A return flight from Berlin Tempelhof to New York Floyd Bennet, averaging of 330...

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