Fi-156, Storch was one of the most successful airplanes of Luftwaffe of World War 2.
   Gerhard Fieseler has designed this aircraft as an airplane of the short take-off and landing with a wing of the big lift.
   Taking - off of an airplane made only 65 meters, and run after landing - 22 meters;
   At a headwind of 40 km/h the "Storch" could "hang" in air without loss of a controllability.
   Airplane Fi-156 flown in spring of 1936, with production deliveries to Luftwaffe in 1937.
   In total 2900 machines were built; the basic modifications - first unaided model Fi-156A, Fi-l56C (in four versions) with a machine gun and ambulance airplane Fi-l56D (in two versions).