Udet U 11 Kondor
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The Udet U 11 Kondor was a German
Germany
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four-engined airliner
Airliner
An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo. Such aircraft are operated by airlines. Although the definition of an airliner can vary from country to country, an airliner is typically defined as an aircraft intended for carrying multiple passengers in commercial...
designed and built by Udet Flugzeugbau, only one was built.
Design and development
The U 11 Kondor was a high-wing monoplaneMonoplane
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:...
powered by four 100 hp Siemens-Halske Sh 12
Siemens-Halske Sh 12
The Siemens-Halske Sh 12 was a nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft built in Germany in the 1920s. First run in 1925, it was rated at 80 kW .-Applications:* Albatros L 68* Albatros L 79* Arado S I* Arado W 2* BFW M.21...
piston engines. It had a crew of three and room for eight passengers. The only U 11 was first flown on 19 January 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...
. The cost to develop and produce the prototype was a factor in the collapse of the company which was then taken over by Bayerische Flugzeugwerke.