| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | D-IVIF |
| Other Marks: | 17 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Fieseler Fi 97 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Fieseler Fi 97 |
| Aircraft Version: | Fieseler Fi 97 |
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| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Warsaw - Pole Mokotowskie (closed)Map |
| Country: | Poland |
| Airport Codes: | None |
| Event: | Challenge International de Tourisme 1934 |
| Photo Date: | 28 August 1934 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 143180 |
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The Challenge International de Tourisme was a European touring aircraft contest. The fourth and last edition was organised by the Polish Aero Club in 1934. Nationalism ran high and new aircraft were designed specially for the event, including the Fi 97. Its wing had high-lift devices similar to those of the Fi 156 Storch. Five Fi 97s, perhaps the total production, took part in the Challenge. Argus As 17-powered D-IPOS / 19, on the left , took third place behind two Polish RWD-9 aircraft. D-IVIF / 17 had a Hirth HM 8U. It was flown by the engine maker's brother, Wolf Hirth, a well known glider pilot and builder. Number 24 is a Klemm Kl 36. Photo from: Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe This photo was added on 25 May 2019, and has since been viewed 1200 times. |