On this day, December 1, 1932, a new German monoplane made its maiden flight, the Heinkel He 70. Nicknamed the Blitz ...

Heinkel was designing and building single seat metal and fabric covered biplane fighters, and one designated the He 49A first flew in November, 1932. The He 49A had a clean, low drag fuselage ...

The He 111 made its maiden flight on February 24, 1935, and entered into the official operational service of “die Vaterland” later that year. The Heinkel wielded a payload of 4,400 lbs.

It was built by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke, the German aircraft manufacturer best known for building the He-111 heavy bomber that had made life miserable for Londoners during the Battle of Britain.

Heinkel was designing and building single seat metal and fabric covered biplane fighters, and one designated the He 49A first flew in November, 1932. The He 49A had a clean, low drag fuselage ...