STORCH by Name STOL by Nature – The all-terrain, go-anywhere, Fieseler Storch

Peter Holloway flies his beautifully maintained Storch over the English countryside. (Photo by John Dibbs/Facebook.com/theplanepicturecompany)

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With a top speed of just 109 mph (95 kts), the Fieseler Fi 156 Storch was one of the slowest aircraft of World War II, but it was also one of the Germans’ best. With the advanced aerodynamic design of its wing specifically suited to the tasks for which it was intended, the Storch could land and take off almost anywhere, be it an urban road, rock-strewn desert, a clearing in a wood or a...

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