Fieseler Fi 5

The Fieseler Fi 5, previously called the F5, was a single-engined two-seat sportplane of the 1930s built by Fieseler Flugzeugbau, the firm founded by the First World War ace and aerobatic champion Gerhard Fieseler. It was a low-wing tandem two-seat monoplane that kept the fabric-covered steel-tube fuselage of the earlier F 4 but introduced a new two-spar cantilever wing, with a fixed tail-skid undercarriage, open tandem cockpits with dual controls and a large luggage locker behind the rear seat. Powered by a Hirth HM 60 engine, it was one of the company earliest big sellers and competed with the Klemm Kl 25, with pilots liking its shorter wings and different handling. One aircraft was converted to a single-seat aerobatic machine in 1935 for Lise Fastenrath. Only one survived the Second World War, and it was written off in France in 1968.