Focke-Wulf Fw 260 Explained
The
Focke-Wulf Fw 260 Flamingo and
Focke-Wulf Fw 300 were a pair of related
VTOL airliner projects, designed by
Focke-Wulf during the early 1960s. Neither aircraft was built.
Fw 260
The Fw 260 design was displayed at the Luftfahrtschau Hanover trade show in 1962. The aircraft's design included a high-mounted, slightly swept wing, carrying two two-engined pods for jet engines providing primary thrust, intended to be in the class each; these were fitted with vectored thrust to assist in vertical takeoff, primary thrust for which was provided by two underwing pods each carrying six Bristol Siddeley BS.59 liftjets, each producing thrust. Up to 85 passengers could be carried;[1] this was later revised to 96.[2] [3]
Fw 300
At the Paris Air Show in 1963, the Fw 260 design was joined by a model of the Fw 300, a short-haul variant of the Fw 260. Similar to its larger relative, it was planned to carry 48-58 passengers, with a range of at ; it mounted eight lift engines, instead of the Fw 260's twelve.[4] [5]
External links
Notes and References
- "Luftfahrtschau Hanover: Germany's Big Show Opens". Flight International, 3 May 1962, pages 686-687.
- Web site: flight refuelling fabrique nationale fw 1963 0871 Flight Archive . www.flightglobal.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090512095025/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%200871.html . 2009-05-12.
- Web site: bristol siddeley hermes 1963 2076 Flight Archive . www.flightglobal.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190113182314/https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1963/1963%20-%202076.html . 2019-01-13.
- "Paris 1963". Flight International, 6 June 1963, page 842.
- "Paris Report". Flight International, 6 June 1963, page 907.
