On this day 70 years ago a Lufthansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 made a non-stop flight from Berlin to New York, via Hamburg, Glasgow, Newfoundland, and Halifax, taking 24hrs 36minutes for the trip.
Lufthansa Focke-Wulf Fw 200 arrives in New York 70 years ago
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on August 11, 2008 2:07 PM | Reply
NON-STOP ??? 24 hr 36 min ???
What did it do in the places mentioned, or did this record-breaker just fly over them ???
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The Niggly Wrinkly
on August 13, 2008 12:31 PM | Reply
I'm afraid I'm not able to answer this. But I'm happy to open it up to others more knowledgeable....
on August 17, 2008 10:37 AM | Reply
Flightglobal archive confirms non-stop, (ref.1938-2338.....search 'condor berlin new york 1938')....return non-stop took just over 19 hours.....extra fuel tanks carried