Well, judging by collar markings, there were some very high ranking members of Waffen-SS on board. For example I would otherwise say the guy at 3:04 is Obergruppenführer (lieutenant-general if compared to NATO ranks) but I am astonished to see there is one "small spot" on the other side of his collar oak leaf. They were well respected men in pre-summer of 1945 Germany.
On 28 November 1938, the same machine was flying via Basra, Karachi, and Hanoi to Tokyo. From departure to arrival,it took the crew only 46 hours, 18 minutes. On the return flight of the D-ACON for some inexplicable reason the fuel run out. The machine had to come down from Cavite, near Manila on the water and was destroyed.
Ditching in Manila Bay (after two of the engines failed) was as a result of an error by the pilot (Herr Henke, who flew the D-ACON (Brandenburg) to New York)
Maybe i am wrong but i think this is the inagural flight nach su amerika and the co-pilot was kpt. Kramer von klausbruch and after that flight von klausbruch was appointed chief pilot for the brazilian linea condor med FW 200 abaitara and Arumani. Lufthansa extended later the route to my former country, Chile and those majestic machines flew over the treachures Andes Mountains. Over the uspallats pass they flew at 20.000 f. A. S. L. , near aconcagua mount ( 7.000 m. Asl. )
Geiles Flugzeug. Bin schon froh, wenn die aus dem Trondheimer Fjord gehobene und fast fertig restaurierte Focke Wulf 200, zu besichtigen ist. 20.Feb.2021
One of the best plane's design before WW2. The first intercontinental plane. Know during the war as the scourge of the Atlantic in his Luftwaffe version. One of these has sunk the beautiful Canadian Pacific Empress of Britain. Hitler has used Condors as personal plane after being reluctant to drop his faithful JU52...
The official record shows that RMS *Empress of Britain* was sunk by a sub, the U-32. She was spotted and attacked by a Fw 200C, and was so severely damaged that she was abandoned except for a skeleton crew. British ships were sent to pull the ship into port but the U-32 attacked and ultimately sunk the vessel during the effort.
With the FW 200, the Germans also built the most modern passenger aircraft in the world. On August 10, 1938, it became the first land-based long-haul passenger aircraft to fly non-stop the 6,371.302 kilometer route from Berlin-Staaken to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. On the return flight from Floyd Bennett Field to Berlin-Tempelhof, the machine covered a distance of 6,392 km in 19 hours and 55 minutes; this corresponded to an average speed of 321 km/h. Both flights were recognized by the FAI as second category flight records (record with crew) and were valid for almost 20 years.
Such a gorgeous aircraft, and so sleek and modern for the 1930s. It's too bad there are no flying examples. Thankfully, a crashed Condor was recovered around 2000 IIRC and is nearly finished being completely restored to non-flying condition. It will be on display in a German museum.
That's Hans Baur (Hitler's personal pilot) flying the Braun family. My guess is he's flying them from Berlin to Berchtesgaden (or vice versa). That's Eva Braun at 0:15 secs in - walking up the steps onto the plane. That's her father (Fritz Braun) at 1:23 - 1:24 and her mother (Fanny Braun) sitting in the window seat at 1:27. Eva took hours and hours of home movies with her family vacationing. And hours and hours at the Berghof in Berchtesgaden. .
Along with the Douglas DC-7; Lockheed Constellation; De Havilland Albatross; Boeing 307 and Douglas DC-3, The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor is the best looking piston engine airplane of all time. For me the the best looking are, in descending order, : 1st : Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor 2nd : Douglas DC-7C 3rd : Lockheed L-1649 Starliner 4th : De Havilland DH.91 Albatross 5th : Boeing 307 Stratoliner 6th : Douglas DC-3
The direct comparison is the DC-4/ DC-4E (they were completely different aircraft designs that were produced at the same time as the FW 200). The Condor was a fundamentally flawed aircraft that had more losses due to landing accidents than combat losses…
LUX-UR-RY!!!! Have you ever been in an old timey airplane at a museum? I am literally jealous of what they had compared to the sterile crap of what we have today.
And have you wondered why so few made it to museums? The crash rate was terrifying. In the 1950’s Pan Am lost an engine per week - they fell off the planes.
What a very nice airplain, its so sad that not only one survived the war, we Hope for the Future that we can Build one New what we can visit in Berlin in the next years.
+Thomas Braun There is one Condor being restored and it will go to Germany when it is finished. It is a wartime example that was raised from a lake and currently being restored (not to fly) as a civil airliner version by volunteers at Airbus. www.klassiker-der-luftfahrt.de/sixcms/media.php/11/thumbnails/condor-fl%C3%BCgel-1-airbus.jpg.6181850.jpg
☠BLACK BARON☠ This would have become the german version of "Super Constellation" in civil aviation long before Hughes and Pan Am chief had their visits in court. Focke-Wulf FW200 Condor, 1938 Berlin-New York-Berlin in 44,31 hours. That was world record.
To honor planes like the Condor, a regular airliner today should go supersonic, be safe, and have comfortable seats and a decent entertainment system. And stop giving me that bullshit about not being allowed to use my cellphone or electronic devices during takeoff! This is the 21th century. Everything else is a step back!
Well you are right about one thing; today’s airliners are boring. That's because we don't have the guts to try anything new anymore. Otherwise air travel would look allot different today. We lost that pioneering thinking all together. The same goes for cars (with a few exceptions like Tesla), I do agree. But still, the Condor is an old-timer by all standards, let's not forget that.
Along with the Douglas DC-7; Lockheed Constellation; De Havilland Albatross; Boeing 307 and Douglas DC-3, The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor is the best looking piston engine airplane of all time. For me the the best looking are, in descending order, : 1st : Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor 2nd : Douglas DC-7C 3rd : Lockheed L-1649 Starliner 4th : De Havilland DH.91 Albatross 5th : Boeing 307 Stratoliner 6th : Douglas DC-3
Germans found in the Fjord of Trondheim in Norway one Focke Wulf 200. They restore it since about 20 years in a hall of EADS Airbus. I think in 1 year it will be finished and is ready for display. They do the restoration in a really perfect way. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹🏔⛷🛶🍺🥨💪😎🐺Europe!
many thanks for clear reply.it was a beautiful plane, it looked like a postwar design , very aerodynamic, but i hear they could not fly with only 3 engines.......
+Oleg Kirovskii D-ACVH carried several registration codes but when it was flying as NK+NM, it was destroyed in a crash on 23-December-1941 while flying in Russia.
In another contribution above it was said that this same airplane made a record fly to Tokio/ Japan before WW2. But was destroyed on the return- flight in Manila- bay in an emergency- landing on the sea.
I couldn't agree more. I'd say lose the moving ribbon and LCD displays and show me the old "steam engine" gauges.They were what I learned IFR flying on and later instructed: mainly in a Cessna 210. C-o-o-l-l! I also got my single pilot IFR air taxi certificate since it had autopilot couplers. There is no thrill like going out on a foggy, rainy night flight of a couple hundred miles and then slippin' it down the ol' ILS, gear down, "painting it on"for a landing and receiving the accolades due.
@jffrocks Do you think you could have afforded the ticket? The FW200 took 24h for the fligh Berlin- New York, today it'll take 11h. Don't get me started on safety... All I'm saying; lovely plane, but stop comparing it to a modern airliner.
Berlin-Tempelhof to New York: 24hrs, 55min, NON-STOP, and with heavy headwinds. Return trip 19hrs, 47min. again, non-stop. Airliners of the 50s and 60s flying N.Am to Europe would usually first refuel in Gander (Nfld) before continuing on across the atlantic.
Pity that there's not a flying example of such a classic plane. Don't think there's even a static example left either, unless somebody can prove me wrong?
Focke Wulf Fw 200 was a very modern plane for the 30's
@@Niak38240 Non Stop Berlin New York
Probably the most elegant airplane in the 1930-40's!!!! Pity could not be used longer for commercial transportation.
Two were used in airline service in Brazil up to 1950.
@@WAL_DC-6B How great is that! I am going to look for pictures!
The best 1930s propeller driven passenger machine!
It is rather a beautiful design
@Олег Брейн you win some, you lose some
DH 91 Albatross was nicer.
Blind folks should not be allowed to make this type of comment.
Look at those plush, comfortable seats! Not like riding in the miserable "cattle car" airliners of today.
Well, judging by collar markings, there were some very high ranking members of Waffen-SS on board. For example I would otherwise say the guy at 3:04 is Obergruppenführer (lieutenant-general if compared to NATO ranks) but I am astonished to see there is one "small spot" on the other side of his collar oak leaf. They were well respected men in pre-summer of 1945 Germany.
Here here. Cattle cars they are.
Specially if you're are talking about the Boeing 777.
I'm sure those then "comfortable seats!" came at a hefty price too.
It was a beautiful looking aircraft, I also loved the lines of the Lockheed Constellation; there is something beautiful about their looks!
On 28 November 1938, the same machine was flying via Basra, Karachi, and Hanoi to Tokyo. From departure to arrival,it took the crew only 46 hours, 18 minutes. On the return flight of the D-ACON for some inexplicable reason the fuel run out. The machine had to come down from Cavite, near Manila on the water and was destroyed.
Ditching in Manila Bay (after two of the engines failed) was as a result of an error by the pilot (Herr Henke, who flew the D-ACON (Brandenburg) to New York)
For an aircraft built before WW2 it's quite attractive.
financed by pure death bonds
Wonderful aircraft: graceful in civilian colours, menacing in military garb.
Maybe i am wrong but i think this is the inagural flight nach su amerika and the co-pilot was kpt. Kramer von klausbruch and after that flight von klausbruch was appointed chief pilot for the brazilian linea condor med FW 200 abaitara and Arumani. Lufthansa extended later the route to my former country, Chile and those majestic machines flew over the treachures Andes Mountains. Over the uspallats pass they flew at 20.000 f. A. S. L. , near aconcagua mount ( 7.000 m. Asl. )
Geiles Flugzeug. Bin schon froh, wenn die aus dem Trondheimer Fjord gehobene und fast fertig restaurierte Focke Wulf 200, zu besichtigen ist. 20.Feb.2021
Very extravagant life style for the 1930's, I bet only a few people in the whole world could have experienced something of that type of traveling.
One of the best plane's design before WW2. The first intercontinental plane. Know during the war as the scourge of the Atlantic in his Luftwaffe version. One of these has sunk the beautiful Canadian Pacific Empress of Britain. Hitler has used Condors as personal plane after being reluctant to drop his faithful JU52...
The official record shows that RMS *Empress of Britain* was sunk by a sub, the U-32. She was spotted and attacked by a Fw 200C, and was so severely damaged that she was abandoned except for a skeleton crew. British ships were sent to pull the ship into port but the U-32 attacked and ultimately sunk the vessel during the effort.
Uno de los màs bellos diseños de aviones de transporte en la historia de la viaciòn mundial. Gracias!!
With the FW 200, the Germans also built the most modern passenger aircraft in the world. On August 10, 1938, it became the first land-based long-haul passenger aircraft to fly non-stop the 6,371.302 kilometer route from Berlin-Staaken to Floyd Bennett Field in New York City. On the return flight from Floyd Bennett Field to Berlin-Tempelhof, the machine covered a distance of 6,392 km in 19 hours and 55 minutes; this corresponded to an average speed of 321 km/h. Both flights were recognized by the FAI as second category flight records (record with crew) and were valid for almost 20 years.
So ein schoenes Flugzeug.
Thank you!I never thought I would see such footage!
Such a gorgeous aircraft, and so sleek and modern for the 1930s. It's too bad there are no flying examples. Thankfully, a crashed Condor was recovered around 2000 IIRC and is nearly finished being completely restored to non-flying condition. It will be on display in a German museum.
A marvelous plane, not like junk planes made by others at the time...
That's Hans Baur (Hitler's personal pilot) flying the Braun family. My guess is he's flying them from Berlin to Berchtesgaden (or vice versa). That's Eva Braun at 0:15 secs in - walking up the steps onto the plane. That's her father (Fritz Braun) at 1:23 - 1:24 and her mother (Fanny Braun) sitting in the window seat at 1:27. Eva took hours and hours of home movies with her family vacationing. And hours and hours at the Berghof in Berchtesgaden. .
doe fw 200 condor ist das schönste flugzeug der welt,und es gibt heute wieder 5000 baupläne.
Beautiful airplane
I build a model of the civil version of this plane and got no idea of the Interior. Thank you for the movie,now I know what to do.
Along with the Douglas DC-7; Lockheed Constellation; De Havilland Albatross; Boeing 307 and Douglas DC-3, The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor is the best looking piston engine airplane of all time.
For me the the best looking are, in descending order, :
1st : Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor
2nd : Douglas DC-7C
3rd : Lockheed L-1649 Starliner
4th : De Havilland DH.91 Albatross
5th : Boeing 307 Stratoliner
6th : Douglas DC-3
The direct comparison is the DC-4/ DC-4E (they were completely different aircraft designs that were produced at the same time as the FW 200).
The Condor was a fundamentally flawed aircraft that had more losses due to landing accidents than combat losses…
LUX-UR-RY!!!!
Have you ever been in an old timey airplane at a museum? I am literally jealous of what they had compared to the sterile crap of what we have today.
Ain't you jealous of the money they had?
@@javiergilvidal1558 Of course
And have you wondered why so few made it to museums?
The crash rate was terrifying.
In the 1950’s Pan Am lost an engine per week - they fell off the planes.
Un bellissimo aereo.
What a very nice airplain, its so sad that not only one survived the war, we Hope for the Future that we can Build one New what we can visit in Berlin in the next years.
+Thomas Braun There is one Condor being restored and it will go to Germany when it is finished. It is a wartime example that was raised from a lake and currently being restored (not to fly) as a civil airliner version by volunteers at Airbus. www.klassiker-der-luftfahrt.de/sixcms/media.php/11/thumbnails/condor-fl%C3%BCgel-1-airbus.jpg.6181850.jpg
What a treat it would be to fly in the restored Condor that's in (I believe) Germany. Like the later Super Constellation, it was simply unmatched.
its restored and now on display at the former Berlin- Tempelhof -field, but its restored not for flying again.
☠BLACK BARON☠ This would have become the german version of "Super Constellation" in civil aviation long before Hughes and Pan Am chief had their visits in court. Focke-Wulf FW200 Condor, 1938 Berlin-New York-Berlin in 44,31 hours. That was world record.
chi poteva permettersi la spesa di volare era decisamente in prima classe!
@TripleZ89
Yes it is rather interesting that very early technology feels more organic in a way.
To honor planes like the Condor, a regular airliner today should go supersonic, be safe, and have comfortable seats and a decent entertainment system. And stop giving me that bullshit about not being allowed to use my cellphone or electronic devices during takeoff! This is the 21th century.
Everything else is a step back!
Great video .....interesting passenger at 3:00 .......Julius Schaub ...Hitlers chief adjutant
Belo aviao.
Great footage
Well you are right about one thing; today’s airliners are boring. That's because we don't have the guts to try anything new anymore. Otherwise air travel would look allot different today. We lost that pioneering thinking all together. The same goes for cars (with a few exceptions like Tesla), I do agree.
But still, the Condor is an old-timer by all standards, let's not forget that.
Along with the Douglas DC-7; Lockheed Constellation; De Havilland Albatross; Boeing 307 and Douglas DC-3, The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor is the best looking piston engine airplane of all time.
For me the the best looking are, in descending order, :
1st : Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Kondor
2nd : Douglas DC-7C
3rd : Lockheed L-1649 Starliner
4th : De Havilland DH.91 Albatross
5th : Boeing 307 Stratoliner
6th : Douglas DC-3
That's a pity like. I hope some funding will be underway. It's a rare find indeed.
Germans found in the Fjord of Trondheim in Norway one Focke Wulf 200. They restore it since about 20 years in a hall of EADS Airbus. I think in 1 year it will be finished and is ready for display. They do the restoration in a really perfect way. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹🏔⛷🛶🍺🥨💪😎🐺Europe!
@@wolfganggugelweith8760 but it's a pity that the restored plane wont be able to fly again
-Именно этот самолёт, а не DC 3 является отцом широкофюзеляжных гражданских лайнеров…
Thanks for posting, am reading about WW 2, this plane made a decent bomber for Germany
Was Eva Braun in the flight? She used to take vacations by herself (sans nut bag) in a Condor.
Eva Braun was the one who took the film, in it her parents and the personal pilot of the Fuhrer appear.
Passengers actually were looking out the windows of the plane. You never see that today. If passengers are looking at anything, it is a laptop.
wow !!!
Ein schöner Vogel
I’m wondering, did this aircraft have a trim?
The guy at 0:41...that's Hans Bauer or not? Hitlers privat pilot?
Yes, affirmative.
CORRECT.
Eva Braun was the one who took the film, in it her parents and the personal pilot of the Fuhrer appear.
Yes. This is the Braun family. Eva is the woman walking up the steps at 0:15. That's her father at 1:23 - 1:24.
many thanks for clear reply.it was a beautiful plane, it looked like a postwar design , very aerodynamic, but i hear they could not fly with only 3 engines.......
Balls
Wow, crashing a groupie party. Disgusting? Yes. Historically riveting? Yes!
Is it known what happened to the machine after the WWII?
+Oleg Kirovskii D-ACVH carried several registration codes but when it was flying as NK+NM, it was destroyed in a crash on 23-December-1941 while flying in Russia.
@@FiveCentsPlease thank you very much for the information
In another contribution above it was said that this same airplane made a record fly to Tokio/ Japan before WW2. But was destroyed on the return- flight in Manila- bay in an emergency- landing on the sea.
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I believe there is a replica being built now.
+Barry Carlisle Volunteers at Airbus are rebuilding a wartime wreck recovered from a lake and it is being restored as a civil airliner version.
its now on display at the former Berlin- Tempelhof airfield.
Tegel to Riem.
Was the Condor pressurized?
No
I couldn't agree more. I'd say lose the moving ribbon and LCD displays and show me the old "steam engine" gauges.They were what I learned IFR flying on and later instructed: mainly in a Cessna 210. C-o-o-l-l! I also got my single pilot IFR air taxi certificate since it had autopilot couplers. There is no thrill like going out on a foggy, rainy night flight of a couple hundred miles and then slippin' it down the ol' ILS, gear down, "painting it on"for a landing and receiving the accolades due.
On this plane Ribbentrop flying to Moscow 23 august 1939, to sign Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
Wow! This video is very very cool. I love airplanes .
@jffrocks Do you think you could have afforded the ticket? The FW200 took 24h for the fligh Berlin- New York, today it'll take 11h. Don't get me started on safety...
All I'm saying; lovely plane, but stop comparing it to a modern airliner.
Berlin-Tempelhof to New York: 24hrs, 55min, NON-STOP, and with heavy headwinds. Return trip 19hrs, 47min. again, non-stop. Airliners of the 50s and 60s flying N.Am to Europe would usually first refuel in Gander (Nfld) before continuing on across the atlantic.
Pity that there's not a flying example of such a classic plane. Don't think there's even a static example left either, unless somebody can prove me wrong?
Yes, there is now a static one in Berlin that was recently restored.
The Captain at 0:35 is Hitler‘s Pilot Hans Baur .
Really now. Pressurized cabins were not around in thee 30s .The B29 at the end of WWII was the first unless I missed one.
Boeing 307 Stratoliner (a B-17 derivate) officially is the first pressurised airliner in the world, at least 6 years before B-29.
Ju 86 Late model
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WAS THE PLANE PRESSURIZED ?
no
2019?
2020.
2007
Weird it was for passengers and war
I think Grenzmark is now pronounced "Poland"
me neither !
Not gonna say it!!
O piloto comandante talvez fosse Hans Bauer, que mais tarde veio a ser piloto particular de Adolf Hitler. Um belo avião.
imagine putting a fucking watermark onto ww2 material
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