Focke-Wulf A 16

what is it?

The Focke-Wulf A.16 was a German three/four passenger light transport monoplane designed by Heinrich Focke and Georg Wulf and was the first design built by the newly formed Focke-Wulf company.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 13.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 135 km/htop speed
• range 550 kmwithout refuelling
• size 970 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 102 years ago, in 1924.
• 🚗Wingspan of 13.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1924-06-23

number built

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role

light passenger transport

makers

Focke-Wulf

engines

1× Siemens-Halske Sh 11 7-cylinder radial piston engine

length

8.5 m

wingspan

13.9 m

height

2.3 m

max take-off weight

970 kg

top speed

135 km/h

range

550 km

ceiling

2,500 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.