German Giant Aircraft and Projects of 1920s

[Arjen]

@khalil English, please

 

[Orionblamblam]

@khalil English, please

Thanks to the magic of Google Translate... "I need to discuss an important topic with you, my brother Hisham. Do you have telegram??"

 

[Arjen]

Victor Lustig, is that you?

 

[hesham]

احتاج مناقشة موضوع مهم معك اخي هشام. هل عندك تلغرام؟؟

Please brother Khalil,speak English,and I will send to my Gmail in special message.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Please brother Khalil,speak English

ᚾᛟ, ᛈᛚᛖᚨᛋᛖ ᚲᛟᚾᛏᛁᚾᚢᛖ. ᛞᛟᚾ'ᛏ ᛗᛁᚾᛞ ᚢᛋ

 

[hesham]

From Popular Mechanics 1928/8.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

Would the airplane design of seating passengers inside airplane wings work?

Answer (1 of 16): Sure, if the aircraft was a flying wing. But few flying wing designs have proven to be practical, and those that have made it out of the experimental stage are all military aircraft. The B-2 stealth bomber is one example, designed as a flying wing to help minimize its radar sig...

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[Stargazer]

Another period item on the Grulich twin-boom seaplane:

 

[hesham]

From Popular Mechanics 1927.

 

[gabrielorosco]

From Popular Mechanics 1927.

Is it possible to see inside these magazines online? Free of charge?

 

[Nik]

Wow...

With eg the Boeing and Short designs ocean-hopping, how did the Germans end up with only the land-based Kondor and a couple of small-ish sea-planes ??

 

[Aubi]

Is it possible to see inside these magazines online? Free of charge?

Popular Mechanics ~ 1927 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Popular Mechanics ~ 1927

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Wow...

With eg the Boeing and Short designs ocean-hopping, how did the Germans end up with only the land-based Kondor and a couple of small-ish sea-planes ??

Germans had little reason to build such things. For what, direct travel to USA? To colonies? It was not economically feasible and there was little chance to sell their products to the French or British who had their own big flying boats.

Edit: I forgot to mention Dornier Do X, largest flying boat of the era. It was ultimately a financial failure, and not just because of the Great Depresion.

 

[hesham]

From, Rivista aeronautica 1927

 

[Adler]

Found this in a newspaper archive (December 1926). It mentions a very large German seaplane liner for transoceanic travel. The wingspan would have been around 140 meters, plus a capacity of 150 passengers + 34 crew in luxurious accommodations. Luftfahrt History heft 8 also mentions this design, describing it as a 4-hull seaplane airliner. It was to be powered by 5 engines (2 in pusher, 3 in puller configuration). Neither source has any blueprints or drawings.

 

[hesham]

Yes,that's Klamt,please see first post.