Gotha Go 150

The Gotha Go 150 was a German light aircraft designed by Albert Kalkert at Gothaer Waggonfabrik, a small twin-engined monoplane with an enclosed cockpit that first flew in 1937. It came out of the Volksflugzeug policy: in January 1937 the Reich Air Ministry told several makers they would receive no more military development contracts and should instead build a simple aircraft for ordinary users, which also produced the Kl 105, Fi 253, Si 202 and Bü 180. The first flights went well and production began, and the Go 150 was used to train both civilian and Luftwaffe pilots, so it ended up as a military trainer. The published specification gives a wingspan of 11.8 metres, an empty weight of 512 kilograms and a top speed of 200 kilometres per hour on two Zündapp four-cylinder piston engines.