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The Origin of Junkers
Hugo Junkers (1859 -
1935)
Ingenious German aeroplane engineer, inventor of the
double piston engine drive "Junkers Motor".
In 1915 he was the constructor of the first ever all metal
aircraft making use of corrugated iron, 1930 construction of the
4-engine airliner "G38", the "F13" and last-not-least 1931 the
3-BMW engine passenger airplane "JUNKERS JU 52". "AUNT JU" was
on duty for decades for LUFTHANSA and many other early airlines
worldwide. The plane was in use for air-passengers and freight
post cargo as it reached for the time outstanding safety,
reliability and punctuality.
In the 20’s and 30’s there were nearly no airlines worldwide
where no JUNKERS planes were in action. JUNKERS aeroplanes
achieved many flight world records i.e. altitude record 1919,
around the world 1930, 1st Atlantic flight 1928 and the
Himalayan flight 1937.
Nowadays a "JU52" has a predominant exhibition place at the
German Museum in Munich, another plane is displayed at the
international Munich airport. And … believe it or not, some few
historic air transportation servers are still on duty for local
tourist flights in Southern Germany.
Today,
Junkers
Watches (the J is silent) produces watch designs inspired
by their aviation origins. They specialize in distinctive hand
wound movements, self-winding automatic movements and quartz
watches. Junkers is the official supplier for the National German
Military Services.
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