Focke-Wulf S 24 Kiebitz

The Focke-Wulf S 24 Kiebitz, the Lapwing, was a sport aircraft built in Germany in the later 1920s. It was a single-bay biplane of conventional design with equal-span, unstaggered wings braced by N-type interplane struts. The pilot and one passenger sat in tandem open cockpits, and the aircraft had a fixed tailskid undercarriage. The wings could be folded for transport or storage, and the aircraft was designed to be towed behind a car, which made it practical for private owners without a hangar. In 1929 the S 24 set a world distance record in its class of 1,601 km, and in 1931 Gerd Achgelis used one to win the German aerobatic championship.