Focke-Wulf S 24 Kiebitz

what is it?

The Focke-Wulf S 24 Kiebitz (German: "Lapwing") was a sport aircraft built in Germany in the later 1920s. It was a single-bay biplane of conventional design with equal-span, unstaggered wings, braced with N-type interplane struts. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem open cockpits, and it was fitted with a fixed tailskid undercarriage.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 140 km/htop speed
• size 570 kgmax take-off weight
• built 31made 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 98 years ago, in 1928.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1928

number built

31

role

sport aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Focke-Wulf

engines

1× Siemens-Halske Sh 4

crew

2

length

6.3 m

wingspan

8.9 m

height

2.3 m

max take-off weight

570 kg

top speed

140 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,300 m

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