The Gotha Go 150 was a light aircraft designed at the German company
Gothaer Waggonfabrik
''Gothaer Waggonfabrik'' (''Gotha'', GWF) was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Gotha. During the two world wars, the company expanded into aircraft building.
World War I
In World War I
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in the late 1930s. It was intended for civilian use, but ended up being used as a
military trainer
Military education and training is a process which intends to establish and improve the capabilities of military personnel in their respective roles. Military training may be voluntary or compulsory duty. It begins with recruit training, proce ...
.
Development
In January 1937 Major
Werner Junck
Werner Junck (28 December 1895 – 6 August 1976) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II and commander of Fliegerführer Irak. He claimed five aerial victories during World War I.
Origin
Werner Junck was born in Magdeburg, the ...
, chief of the LC II, the technical wing of the
''Reichsluftfahrtministerium'' responsible for the development of new aircraft, informed various minor aircraft manufacturers such as Gothaer Waggonfabrik,
Bücker,
Fieseler
The Gerhard Fieseler Werke (GFW) in Kassel was a German aircraft manufacturer of the 1930s and 1940s. The company is remembered mostly for its military aircraft built for the Luftwaffe during the Second World War.
History
The firm was founded on ...
,
Flugzeugwerke Halle
Siebel was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1937 in Halle an der Saale.Gunston p.424
History
It originated in the Klemm-Flugzeugwerke Halle that had been founded in 1934 as a branch of Leichtflugzeugbau Klemm in Böblingen. Its name ...
and
Klemm
The Klemm Leichtflugzeugbau GmbH ("Klemm Light Aircraft Company") was a German aircraft manufacturer noteworthy for sports and touring planes of the 1930s.
The company was founded in Böblingen in 1926 by Dr. Hanns Klemm, who had previously work ...
that they would not get any contracts for the development of military aircraft. He therefore advised them to concentrate in the development of a ''
Volksflugzeug
The ''Volksflugzeug'' (People's Aircraft) was a grand Nazi-era scheme for the mass-production of a small and simple airplane in the 1930s. It was one of the attempts of the Nazi regime to use consumer technologies as a propaganda tool.
Unlike th ...
'' or a small twin-engined plane. As a result, Gothaer Waggonfabrik developed the Go 150, while the other companies produced the
Kl 105, the
Si 202, the
Bü 180 and the
Fi 253
The Fieseler Fi 253 Spatz, (English: ''Sparrow''), was a light civilian aircraft, manufactured by the German company Fieseler in Nazi Germany. Only six units were produced, however, due to the Second World War.
Development
In January 1937 Major ...
.
The aircraft was a twin-engined
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
with an enclosed cockpit. It was designed by Albert Kalkert, and first flew in 1937. The results of this flight were good, and production began. The aircraft was used to train both civilian and
Luftwaffe
The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German '' Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the '' Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabt ...
pilots. The Go 150 was later also used in tests, where it was towed by a
Heinkel He 46
The Heinkel He 46 was a German Reich, German World War II-era monoplane designed in 1931 for the close Aerial reconnaissance, reconnaissance and Liaison aircraft, army co-operation roles. While it served with the ''Luftwaffe''s front-line units onl ...
.
Specifications
References
External links
Luftarchiv - Fieseler Fi 253/ref>
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