Focke-Wulf A 17 Möwe

what is it?

The Focke-Wulf A 17 Möwe (German: "Gull") was an airliner designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Focke-Wulf. It was the company's first large commercial aircraft. It was developed in the late 1920s with the goal of producing a competitive civil aircraft that possessed a minimal production cost and a high load-carrying capability.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · shoulder wing · 20 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 201 km/htop speed
• range 800 kmwithout refuelling
• size 4,000 kgmax take-off weight
• built 20made in total

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 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 20 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1927

number built

20

role

airliner

origin

German Reich

makers

Focke-Wulf

engines

1× Siemens Jupiter VI / Bristol Jupiter / BMW VI

length

14.6 m

wingspan

20 m

max take-off weight

4,000 kg

top speed

201 km/h

cruise speed

167 km/h

range

800 km

ceiling

4,500 m

wings

shoulder wing

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