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|name           = F2 Tiger
|image          = File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13561, Berlin, Zentralflughafen, Großflugtag.jpg
|caption        = Gerhard Fieseler demonstrating his new Fieseler F2 at a 1932 air display over the Berlin Central Airport
|type           = Aerobatic trainer
|national_origin = [[Germany]]
|manufacturer   = [[Fieseler Flugzeugbau]]
|designer       = [[Gerhard Fieseler]]
|first_flight   = ca 1932
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The '''Fieseler F2 Tiger''' was a German single-seat aerobatic [[biplane]] which was flown to victory in the 1934 [[World Aerobatics Competition]] (WAC) by its designer/builder [[Gerhard Fieseler]].

==Design and development==
[[File:Fieseler_F2_Tiger_L'Aerophile_November_1933.jpg|thumb|Fieseler F2 Tiger photo L'Aerophile November 1933]]
[[Gerhard Fieseler]] started his own company in 1930 in the former Segelflugzeugbau company at Kassel, Germany. Fieseler was a [[World War I]] German [[Flying ace|fighter ace]] with almost 20 kills to his credit, and became a world class competition aerobatic pilot. To compete in International competitions Fieseler designed and built the Fieseler F2 Tiger single-seat biplane, powered by a {{cvt|450|hp|kW}} [[Walter Pollux II]] air-cooled 9-cylinder radial.

The 1934 [[World Aerobatics Competition]], held in [[Paris]], was the first of its kind, and, despite the deaths of two pilots and a few crashes, the competition continued and Fieseler won, although he went over the time limit due to a loose [[Seat belt|harness]], beating his nearest competitor, [[:fr:Michel Détroyat|Michel Detroyat]] of [[France]] (who flew an [[Morane-Saulnier M.S.225|M.S.225]]), by 23 points (645.2 to 622.9). Fieseler retired from the sport with his victory.

The F2 Tiger itself would form the basis for later aircraft, including the [[Fieseler Fi 5|Fieseler F5]]. It was built by Fieseler's own aircraft company, [[Fieseler|Fieseler Flugzeugbau]] (later, [[Fieseler|Gerhard Fieseler Werke]]). The F2 served as both an important forerunner of later German aircraft which would go on to fight for the [[Third Reich]] in [[World War II|WWII]], and as a famous piece of inter-war aircraft design, as well as being the winning aircraft of the first WAC.

==Specifications==
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== See also ==
{{commons category|Fieseler F2 Tiger}}
*[[List of aircraft of the WW2 Luftwaffe]]
*[[Aerobatic]]s

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