World Famous Commercial Trimotor Junkers Ju52

When Junkers first flew the Ju52 airlines had sprung up around the world flying airplanes that just were not sufficiently reliable and safe. The Ju52 met that need and was the first airplane that actually earned money for the fledgling carriers. The DC3 came along four years later. And as the Douglas Dakota the Ju52 served prominently in WWII.

Junkers chose to use a fixed landing gear and pushrods and pneumatics instead of hydraulics. The curious double wing applied advanced aerodynamics. And all aluminum construction was the latest innovation. Engines were Pratt Whitney Wasps licensed to BMW. The Junkers Ju52 is on every one's list of most important airplanes.

This video is a 3D simulation loosely based on the restored Ju52 example. The model is downloadable from X-Plane

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Film & Animation

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• Junkers
• Ju52
• Iron_Anne
• Trimotor
• Lufthansa
• WWII
• X-Plane
• Aukerman

[nilcouak]

Thanks for this video of the history of this wonderful aircraft!