![]() ![]() ![]() Existing airliners were designed to cruise at altitudes below 1,500 m (4,900 ft). To fly long distances economically, the Fw 200 was designed to cruise at an altitude of over 3,000 m (9,800 ft) - as high as possible without a pressurized cabin. At the time, it was an unusual concept because airlines used seaplanes on long over-water routes. Rudolf Stuessel of Deutsche Lufthansa to develop a landplane to carry passengers across the Atlantic Ocean to the US. The Fw 200 resulted from a proposal by Kurt Tank of Focke-Wulf to Dr. It achieved success as a commerce raider until mid-1941, by which time it was being harried by long-range RAF Coastal Command aircraft and the Hurricane fighters being flown from CAM ships. ![]() The Luftwaffe also made extensive use of the Fw 200 as a transport aircraft. A Japanese request for a long-range maritime patrol aircraft led to military versions that saw service with the Luftwaffe as long-range reconnaissance and anti-shipping/maritime patrol bomber aircraft. The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, also known as Kurier ( English: Courier) to the Allies, is a German all-metal four-engined monoplane originally developed by Focke-Wulf as a long-range airliner. ![]()
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