The Focke-Wulf Fw 260 Flamingo and Focke-Wulf Fw 300 were a pair of related
VTOL
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can take off and land vertically without relying on a runway. This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including helicopters as well as thrust-vectoring fixed-win ...
airliner
An airliner is a type of aircraft for transporting passengers and air cargo. Such aircraft are most often operated by airlines. Although the definition of an airliner can vary from country to country, an airliner is typically defined as an ...
projects, designed by
Focke-Wulf
Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG () was a German manufacturer of civil and military aircraft before and during World War II. Many of the company's successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. It is one of the ...
during the early 1960s. Neither aircraft was built.
Fw 260
The Fw 260 design was displayed at the
Luftfahrtschau Hanover trade show in 1962. The aircraft's design included a high-mounted, slightly-swept wing, carrying two two-engined pods for jet engines providing primary thrust, intended to be in the class each; these were fitted with
vectored thrust
Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket, or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine(s) or motor(s) to control the attitude or angular velocity of the ve ...
to assist in vertical takeoff, primary thrust for which was provided by two underwing pods each carrying six
Bristol Siddeley
Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd (BSEL) was a British aero engine manufacturer. The company was formed in 1959 by a merger of Bristol Aero-Engines Limited and Armstrong Siddeley Motors Limited. In 1961 the company was expanded by the purchase of t ...
BS.59 liftjets, each producing thrust. Up to 85 passengers could be carried;
["Luftfahrtschau Hanover: Germany's Big Show Opens". ''Flight International'', 3 May 1962, pages 686-687.] this was later revised to 96.
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Fw 300
At the
Paris Air Show
The Paris Air Show (french: Salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace de Paris-Le Bourget, Salon du Bourget) is a trade fair and air show held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in north Paris, France. Organized by the French ...
in 1963, the Fw 260 design was joined by a model of the Fw 300, a short-haul variant of the Fw 260. Similar to its larger relative, it was planned to carry 48-58 passengers, with a range of at ; it mounted eight lift engines, instead of the Fw 260's twelve.
["Paris 1963". ''Flight International'', 6 June 1963, page 842.]["Paris Report". ''Flight International'', 6 June 1963, page 907.]
Specifications (Fw 260)
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