Kueppers, Count Schack and Pilot Blankenburg before the flig

In the middle of the 1930s Blohm and Voss Aircraft Manufacturer GmbH in contract with Lufthansa designed a new Atlantic airmail plane, which took off with a catapult and could carry 400kg at a speed of 250 km/h over a 5, 000 km long route. Pictured here is the crew of the Lufthansa plane HA 139 Nordmeer, Kueppers (communication), Count Schack (Commander) and Blankenburg (Pilot) (from left in white overalls) in the cockpit of their airplane before the start of a flight from New York to Travemuende

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400kg Airmail Blankenburg Blohm Catapult Cockpit Contract Gmbh Lufthansa Schack Travemuende Voss

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