D-AERE  Focke-Wulf  FW 200V1 Condor                                                 (c/n 1)

                                  

                                      The Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor was designed by Kurt Tank in 1936 to a Deutsche Lufthansa
                                      specification for a long range airliner.  D-AERE was the prototype and first flew on 27 July 1937
                                      piloted by Kurt Tank himself.         Power was supplied with 4 Pratt & Whitney Hornet S1E-G
                                      engines of 875 hp each.    This Condor was reregistered in 1938 as D-ACON and named
                                      'Brandenburg'.   It flew a remarkable non-stop flight from Berlin to New York. ,     Later
                                      on 28 November 1938 it made anotheR historic flight from Berlin to Tokyo.       However,
                                      shortly after leaving Tokyo  it was written off in an emergency lading in the Philippines.