Talk:Focke-Wulf Flitzer

Article perceived as "biased"?
this article is biased. Try this link - http://www.luft46.com/fw/fwflitz.html - it says much about english excuses connected with "de havilland vampire" (it WAS a copy of Focke)and top speed of this plane, and why it didn't went to mass production.


 * The page you've referenced says nothing of the kind. It's a strange claim to make, anyway, with design work on the Vampire commencing mid-1942 and the prototype flying in September 1943. It's hard to pinpoint when work on the Flitzer actually began, but it seems to have been mid-1943, so it's difficult to say that the de Havilland team was copying a design that didn't actually exist yet. However, if you have reliable, published sources that back up the claim, please edit the article accordingly. --Rlandmann 20:50, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Reference to "Saab 21": which is the source?
Hi, I've just undid the last edit which basically mentioned that the Saab 21 was surely influenced by the Flitzer design. No evidence (reference/source) of that was provided by the (anonymous) editor, and the way that the paragraph was written hinted that it was probably that editor's opinion and not based on facts. I'll be happy for the info in the removed paragraph to be included again in the article, provided that the info is adequately sourced, or that the paragraph is rewritten. Thanks & regards, DPdH (talk) 06:38, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Considering the SAAB 21 flew for the first time only 3 months after the Flitzer was first conceived on paper, well before any real design work has been done on the German project, it would be far more likely that the SAAB 21 or the Vampire influenced the design of the Flitzer if any such influence ever existed. kyphen —Preceding undated comment added 18:48, 16 February 2013 (UTC)