built in Poland, known as the SZD-C Żuraw (żuraw is Kranich in Polish = “crane”). Fifty of this version were built and sold. After the war, Jacobs designed the Kranich III, a new development
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very different from its predecessors. It was developed and produced at the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory in Bremen. The first flight was on May 01, 1952. It was piloted by Hanna Reitsch. Thirty-seven of this
version were built and sold mostly in Germany. A number of the Kranich III are still airworthy and being flown, which is a testament to this design.
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