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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.

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.

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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