The Focke-Wulf S 24 ''Kiebitz'' (German: "Lapwing") was a sport aircraft built in Germany in the later 1920s. It was a

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of conventional design with equal-

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, unstaggered wings, braced with N-type

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s. The pilot and a single passenger sat in tandem open

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s, and it was fitted with a fixed tailskid undercarriage. The wings could be folded for transportation or storage, and the aircraft was designed to be towed by a car. In 1929, the S 24 set a world distance record in its class of and in 1931 was used by

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to win the German aerobatic championship.

Specifications (S 24)

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Specifications (S 24)

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