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824:"Focke-wulf a 17 Commercial Airplane "mowe" (german)"
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754:Stroud, John (January 1987). "Wings of Peace".
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1297:Company designations, post-1945
775:Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
384:C diesel engine. One converted.
318:and survey work and designated
877:Company designations, pre-1933
773:Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).
509:VI , 360 kW (480 hp)
197:. Safety measures including a
186:The A 17 Möwe was a high-wing
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499:4,000 kg (8,818 lb)
493:2,450 kg (5,401 lb)
110:designed and produced by the
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395:- Photographic fitted with
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348:Gnome et Rhône 9Aa Jupiter
314:engine and fitted out for
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1370:Nr. 238 Fernkampfflugzeug
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106:(German: "Gull") was an
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817:25 January 2022 at the
791:"1928 Berlin Aero Show"
578:Nieuport-Delage NiD 540
454:General characteristics
156:The A 17 performed its
131:tailwheel undercarriage
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426:Specifications (A 17a)
374:engine. One converted.
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114:aircraft manufacturer
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749:. London, UK: Putnam.
745:Stroud, John (1966).
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228:cables that provided
145:and was covered with
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731:NACA 1926, pp. 3-5.
653:NACA 1926, pp. 2-3.
421:engine. Five built.
295:Focke-Wulf A 17 at
286:Deutsche Luft Hansa
276:Operational history
162:Deutsche Luft Hansa
82:Deutsche Luft Hansa
1446:High-wing aircraft
722:, pp. 268–269
708:& January 1987
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573:Messerschmitt M 18
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399:engine (two built)
370:- Conversion with
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675:Stroud 1966
563:Kalinin K-5
515:Performance
503:Powerplant:
210:streamlined
175:Development
143:streamlined
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1410:Volksjäger
1350:Entwurf VI
1340:Entwurf IV
1330:Entwurf II
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869:Focke-Wulf
591:References
485:Wing area:
364:VI engine.
245:windshield
188:cantilever
181:Focke-Wulf
124:cantilever
116:Focke-Wulf
64:Focke-Wulf
1345:Entwurf V
1325:Entwurf I
1129:Stieglitz
1119:Photomöwe
1079:Falke (2)
766:0143-7240
596:Citations
479:Wingspan:
467:Capacity:
439:Data from
392:Photomöwe
352:prototype
282:Adlershof
195:longerons
191:monoplane
153:instead.
127:monoplane
1400:Super TL
1318:Projects
1114:Möwe (2)
1099:Mastgans
1054:Buchfink
871:aircraft
815:Archived
803:22 March
547:See also
338:Variants
328:darkroom
270:air mail
253:ailerons
249:elevator
199:firewall
108:airliner
51:Airliner
1134:Stösser
1124:Sperber
1104:Moskito
1094:Kiebitz
1084:Habicht
1059:Bussard
704:Stroud
473:Length:
261:trimmed
232:to the
218:plywood
151:plywood
135:cockpit
1385:Rochen
1309:Fw 300
1304:Fw 260
1288:Ta 400
1283:Fw 300
1278:Ta 254
1273:Fw 206
1268:Fw 200
1263:Fw 191
1258:Fw 190
1253:Fw 189
1248:Fw 187
1243:Fw 186
1238:Ta 183
1233:Fw 159
1228:Ta 154
1223:Ta 152
1144:Würger
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419:BMW VI
411:(DVL).
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350:. One
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226:rubber
220:. The
214:fabric
147:fabric
112:German
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1213:Fw 61
1208:Fw 58
1203:Fw 57
1198:Fw 56
1193:Fw 55
1188:Fw 47
1183:Fw 44
1178:Fw 43
1173:Fw 42
1168:Fw 40
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1074:Falke
1047:Names
939:GL 22
919:GL 18
461:Crew:
390:A 21
378:A 17c
368:A 17b
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