Gotha Go 244

what is it?

The Gotha Go 244 was a transport aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Gotha. It was operated by the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. It was the powered version of the Gotha Go 242 military glider transport.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 24.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 290 km/htop speed
• range 600 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 23passengers
• size 7,800 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 86 years ago, in 1940.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 24.5 m: about 5 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

1940

number built

—

role

military transport monoplane

origin

German Reich

makers

Gotha

engines

2× Gnome-Rhône 14M-06 / Gnome-Rhône 14M-07

crew

1

passengers

23

length

15.8 m

wingspan

24.5 m

height

4.7 m

max take-off weight

7,800 kg

top speed

290 km/h

range

600 km

ceiling

7,500 m

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