Flugwerk Deutschland GmbH was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Brand, a district of Aachen.
[citation needed] The Taube (German for dove) had been developed in 1910 by Igo Etrich, and was built in large numbers by various manufacturers, including Flugwerk Deutschland.
A slow, unarmed, two-seater monoplane, it entered service in the first year of World War I and was used for observation and reconnaissance until 1916.
A branch was set up for aeroengine production at Schleissheimerstrasse 8 in Munich-Milbertshofen in 1912 and Karl Rapp and Joseph Wirth were given power of attorney in Munich, on May 20, 1912.
[citation needed] Karl Rapp designed the Flugwerk Deutschland FD 1416 four-cylinder aeroengine of nominal 100 / 90 hp (75 / 67 kW) at 1,300 / 1,100 rpm[1] in 1912, which then competed at the German Kaiserpreis aircraft engine contest of 1912/13 but was not successful.