Focke-Wulf Fw 43 Falke

The Focke-Wulf Fw 43 Falke, the Falcon, was a light utility aircraft developed in Germany in 1932. It was the last project the company undertook under the technical direction of Heinrich Focke. The aircraft was a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional design with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage, and the pilot and two passengers sat in a fully enclosed cabin. Only a single example was built. In 1932 it was the fastest airliner in Europe, a notable distinction for a small machine of which no series followed, and the Falcon name later returned in the Focke-Wulf catalogue for the twin-engined Fw 187 fighter. The article on the type is brief and its text still names the aircraft by its older company designation A 43.