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3 unusual facts about Caspar C 32


Caspar C 32

Könnecke departed Cologne on 27 September 1927, but by early 1928 was forced to turn back having only reached India.

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The first example was used by the Biologische Reichsanstalt für Land- und Forstwirtschaft in Berlin until the early 1930s, before being acquired by DVS in 1933.

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Otto Könnecke was to have made a transatlantic crossing with it, but ongoing bad weather led to the continuous postponing of the event.



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