Development
With the success of their earlier designs Focke and Wulf formed the Focke-Wulf company in 1924 and their first design was an all-wood three/four passenger airliner or light transport the A.16. First flown by Georg Wulf on 23 June 1924, at least 20 aircraft were built. According to Airbus Industrie, Bremen, there were 23 built with their recent build making 24. They have built one in the last 10 years, not airworthy, which is on display at Bremen Airport.
The A.16 was a high-wing monoplane of conventional configuration. The wing used a thick airfoil. The pilot sat in an open cockpit above the wing while the passengers were carried in the enclosed fuselage below. The tailskid undercarriage featured large wheels mounted on each side of the fuselage.
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