The Focke-Wulf GL 18 was a 1920s German

Germany

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 light transport monoplane

Monoplane

A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. Since the late 1930s it has been the most common form for a fixed wing aircraft.-Types of monoplane:...

, designed and built by Focke-Wulf

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.-History:...

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Design and developent

Based on the single-engine Focke-Wulf A 16

Focke-Wulf A 16

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 with the nose faired over and fitted with two wing-mounted 58kW (78hp) Junkers L.1a radial engines, the GL18 had an enclosed cabin for a pilot and four passengers. The GL18 first flew on 9 August 1926 and was used by Deutsche Luft Hansa

Deutsche Luft Hansa

Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G. was a German airline, serving as flag carrier of the country during the later years of the Weimar Republic and throughout the Third Reich.-1920s:Deutsche Luft Hansa was founded on 6 January 1926 in Berlin...

 until 1932. The next aircraft was the GL 18a variant with two Siemens Sh 11 engines which was followed by the GL 18c with two Siemens Sh 12 engines. The 18a and 18b had slightly wider fuselage

Fuselage

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. In 1927 a modified Siemens Sh 12 engined variant the GL 22 was produced, it had a deeper fuselage, the engines were mounted underneath the wings and it had a revised landing gear.

Variants

GL18

Twin-engined variant of the Focke-Wulf A 16

Focke-Wulf A 16

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 with a Junkers L.1a radial engine, one built.

GL18b

Siemens Sh 11 powered variant, one built.

GL18c

Siemens Sh 12 powered variant, one built.

GL22

Revised variant with Siemens Sh 12 engines, four built.

Specifications (GL 22)