The Focke-Wulf F 19 Ente (German: "Duck") was a German experimental "canard" aircraft in the late 1920s.
Design
The F 19 Ente was a high-wing monoplane with a canard layout and fixed tricycle undercarriage. The pilot sat in an open cockpit, while an enclosed cabin was provided for two or three passengers. The canard was mounted on short struts above the nose of the aircraft, ahead of the cockpit, and the two engines were housed in nacelles mounted under the wings.

The F 19 design was set so that the front stabilizer would stall some moments before the rear-mounted main wing, which in theory made the Ente virtually stall-proof.
Operational history
The first example flew on 2 September 1927,The pilot, Georg Wulf Focke-Wulf co-founder, was in charge to complete a 14th test flight on Sep 29, 1927 of this revolutionary aircraft. The first test flight was successively completed and 12 others during the following days. While flying in the vicinity of the airport at low height with one engine off, the pilot lost control of the aircraft that crashed on the ground. The pilot was killed and the aircraft named 'Bremen' was destroyed.
Probable cause: A control rod snapped in flight. German Authorities confirmed the accident was not caused by the 'Canard' design of the aircraft.












Nevertheless, a second aircraft (D-1960) was built, flying in late 1930. This was used for a promotional tour of Europe the following year which took it to Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK. On 7 November 1931, it was demonstrated at Hanworth Air Park, flown by Focke-Wulf chief pilot Cornelius Edzard.

Later, it was put on display at the Deutsche Luftfahrtsammlung in Berlin, where it was destroyed in an Allied air raid in 1944.





Specifications
General characteristics
Crew: one pilot
Capacity: three passengers
Length: 10.53 m (34 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 10.00 m (32 ft 9 in)
Height: 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in)
Wing area: 29.5 m2 (318 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,175 kg (2,590 lb)
Gross weight: 1,650 kg (3,638 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Siemens Sh 14 , 82 kW (110 hp) each
Performance
Maximum speed: 142 km/h (88 mph, 76 kn)
Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)