Junkers J 1 (full-scale replica), exhibited at Technikmuseum “Hugo Junkers” in Dessau, August 2025. Hugo Junkers was one of the best-known German inventors of the early 20th century. His early career was related to mechanical […]
On 7th March 1932, the new version of Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft, powered by three BMW 132 radial engines, made its first flight. The Junkers Ju 52 was created in 1930, initially being just […]
At the beginning of August 2024, the newest aircraft developed by Junkers Aircraft GmbH, designated A50 Heritage, successfully performed its maiden flight. The aeroplane is a version of already manufactured A50 Junior aircraft, however designed […]
On 3rd February 1859, a well-known German aviation engineer and aircraft pioneer, Heinrich Hugo Junkers, was born in Rheydt, a borough of Mönchengladbach city. Hugo was the third of seven children of Heinrich and Louise […]
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 […]
Junkers Ju 52/3m (assembled in Spain as CASA 325L, c/n 13, F-AZJU), Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis, Plzeň/Líně airfield, September 2018. The Ju 52 was created in 1930, initially being just another single-engine aircraft representing the […]
Junkers F 13 passenger aircraft (c/n 2018 or 2019, D-366), exhibited at Deutsches Museum Munich, October 2013. At the end of 1918, when the Great War was over, Hugo Junkers and his construction team had […]
Junkers A50ci ´Junior´, exhibited at Deutsches Museum Munich, October 2013 In the early years of aviation, an aircraft was usually associated with a wooden structure, strengthened with wires and being partially covered by fabric. That […]
Junkers Ju 52/3mte ´Rudolf von Thüna´ replica, exhibited in the Munich Airport Visitor Park, made by re-painting the CASA 352L aircraft, a Spanish version of Ju 52, manufactured between 1945 and 1952. The CASA 352L […]
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