This time our story begins way back when air travel was still relatively new and only for the rich. Although after World War 1, most countries had developed their own air forces and commercial airlines, it was still an industry in its infancy. In the 1930's that would change as more and more aircraft in various countries were being designed to go a step further and higher, from military bombers and fighters to commercial airliners with ever more passenger capacity that would be able to fly much further than ever before. In Germany the company Focke-Wulf was designing a new commercial airliner for the German Luft Hansa and came up with an aircraft capable of transporting 26 passengers over a distance of up to 3000 km. The world was still at piece at this time and the first prototype flew in 1937 and for a moment when it was in service with the German Luft Hansa, it was the most modern aircraft in service.

Of course World War 2 would change the destiny of this remarkable bird, Japan was the first to request military versions to be made from a Condor and this would result in Condors being used as transporters, commerce raiders and patrol aircraft. Hitler also changed his Junkers 52 for a new FW200 as his personal transport, this aircraft called Immelmann III was destroyed in an allied bombing in 1944. After the war there were still a few of these intact and in service, even in Brazil 2 of them were still flying and some commercial airliners were also still operational. However ... by now none of them are still surviving as most of them were taken over by allied forces and ended up in various roles around the world.
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