Fieseler F2 Tiger

The Fieseler F2 Tiger was a German single-seat aerobatic biplane designed and built by Gerhard Fieseler, who flew it to victory in the 1934 World Aerobatics Competition in Paris. Fieseler, a First World War fighter ace, had started his company in 1930 in the former Segelflugzeugbau works at Kassel and built the Tiger so that he could compete internationally. It was powered by a nine-cylinder Walter Pollux II air-cooled radial engine. Fieseler won by 23 points over the Frenchman Michel Detroyat, despite exceeding the time limit because of a loose harness, and then retired from the sport undefeated. The F2 became the basis for later Fieseler aircraft, including the F5, and is remembered as the winning aircraft of the first such championship.