The Berlin airlift begins.
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AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
8 December 1938 – German aircraft carrier ´Graf Zeppelin´ is launched
On 8th December 1938, the only German aircraft carrier ´Graf Zeppelin´ was launched in Kiel. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, expansion of the Kriegsmarine (the German Navy) became one of the priorities […]
AVIATION HISTORY
Visionary engineer and aviation pioneer – the world of Hugo Junkers by Technikmuseum „Hugo Junkers“ Dessau
In 1892, Hugo Junkers, a young German engineer, founded his first company, simply named Hugo Junkers, Civil-Ingenieur (Hugo Junkers, Civil Engineer). Within two decades, Junkers had transformed his small workshop into a technological empire and […]
AVIATION HISTORY FRIDAY
28 October 1936 – first flight of Dornier Do 19
On 28th October 1936, Dornier Do 19, four-engine long-range heavy bomber, performed its maiden flight. Shortly following Hitler´s rise to power at the beginning of 1933 and then creation of the first Nazi-led cabinet, the […]