CRISTIAN SAVIN COLLECTION
No. 8476. Focke-Wulf S 1 (D-790 c/n 15) Halberstadt
Photograph from VFW

Focke-Wulf S 1

07/31/2012. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This two-seat trainer and sport aircraft was first registered on September 22, 1925 to 'Alte Adler' (Old Eagle) Willy Steinkrauß, a flight instructor and advertising pilot of Halberstadt, Germany.

On February 6, 1927, Steinkrauß made a landing on the snowy flat summit of the highest mountain in northern Germany, the Brocken (3,743 ft, 1,142 m). Upon landing the aircraft was damaged, Steinkrauß and his passenger remained unharmed, but the aircraft was transported back home by train.

From February 1928 to February 1929 it was registered to Luftfahrt GmbH Halberstadt at Halberstadt, and during this period carried an advertisement for Chlorodont, a German toothpaste brand. Subsequently the aircraft was sold to K. Werner of Kaiserslautern, its ultimate fate is unknown."


Created December 31, 2008