The prototype, a private venture by junkers designated the j 7, first flew on 17 september 1917. Later he did extensive research into opposed piston, two stroke, compression ignition engines, building his first prototype in 1908. The junkers w 34 was a germanbuilt, single engine, passenger and transport aircraft. Hugo junkers 3 february 1859 3 february 1935 was a german aircraft engineer and aircraft designer who pioneered the design of allmetal airplanes and flying wings. Buy junkers aircraft and engines 191945 by antony l kay online at alibris. Mar 20, 2015 black dial with rose gold digits markers and silver colored junkers apply. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive.
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Jumos first twostroke, opposedpiston, diesel aircraft engine was. Hugo junkers aviation technik museum dessau aircraft. It had the power and the light weight needed to get the. The setting, themes, and ideology of the junkers are exceptionally fascinating to me but reads style is often lacking. Hugo junkers was a leading pioneer of aviation, especially allmetal aircraft construction, and his name is associated with great aerodynamic and structural advances in engineering.
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It produced some of the worlds most innovative and bestknown airplanes over the course of its fiftyplus year history in dessau, germany. Hugo junkers pionier erfinder techniker forscher unternehmer lehrer humanist. The junkers w 34 was a germanbuilt, singleengine, passenger and transport aircraft. This is the third book of the most notable and widelyused of the allmetal aircraft produced by the junkers works in dessau in the interwar years. Although junkers planes are closely associated with the german luftwaffe war effort, the notorious ju87 stuka divebomber and ju88 twin engine light bomber, and the junkers factory in dessau was one of the largest aircraft manufacturing facilities of the war,producing these planes by the thousands, hugo junkers himself was long departed. Hugo junkers news newspapers books scholar jstor february 20. Hugo junkers project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
This book describes the development of the junkers motorenwerke until the retirement of hugo junkers in 1933. Back in the world war days, professor hugo junkers sat before a drafting table littered with plains, blueprints and bits of corrugated metal. Go to for more information on the benefits of membership. Hugo junkers 3 february 1859 3 february 1935 was an innovative german engineer, as his many patent s in varied areas gas engines, aeroplanes show the name junkers is mainly known in connection with aircraft, which were produced under this name for the luftwaffe during world war ii. By then, however, the nazi government was running his businesses, and hugo junkers himself was gone. It was proposed by hugo junkers, of germany, prior to 1911. In late 1916 the german ground forces were looking for a new combat aircraft. J4 production list junkers j4 survivors j4 model kits. Hugo junkers 18591935 was a german engineer and aircraft designer generally credited as the pioneer of allmetal airplanes. Hugo junkers was a leading pioneer of aviation, especially allmetal aircraft construction, and his name is associated with great aerodynamic and. Designed and built by the junkers aircraft company of dessau, germany, the ju 52 was originally intended as a singleengine cargo aircraft. The fairbanksmorse op engine was introduced in 1933. The passenger version could take a pilot and five passengers. It was founded there in 1895 by hugo junkers, initially manufacturing boilers and radiators.
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Junkers jumo 207 dv2 inline 6 diesel engine national air. Junkers a 35, postal, training and military aircraft, 1926. Two prototypes were constructed at the junkers factory in dessau, the second with a wing of reduced area. Prior to 1910, professor hugo junkers made his living from the manufacture of heating appliances. Hugo junkers started development of his diesel aircraft engines in a small factory at dessau, germany in 1911. His design and manufacturing bureau was responsible for some of the most distinctive and famous aircraft of the 20th century, including the terrifying ju87 stuka. Our wide selection is eligible for free shipping and free returns. A truly gifted engineer, hugo junkers work in aviation truly began at the age of nearly 50. I was a revolutionary allmetal monoplane designed by professor hugo junkers during world war 1.
Three years later, the jumo 204 entered regular airline service on a fourengined plane, the junkers g 38. Junkers engineer ernst zindel designed an aircraft that was all metal and the wing encased the engines, fuel cells as well as the cargopassenger area, with the pilots housed. In 1892, hugo junkers began experimental development of twostroke, opposedpiston, gas engines. The j 21 was an allmetal, parasolwing monoplane of conventional configuration and fixed, tailskid undercarriage. It arrived at the front too late to influence the outcome of the war, but in a period of fabric and wood biplanes the d. Buy junkers mens automatic watch hugo junkers 66502 with leather strap and other wrist watches at. Unlike traditional fourstroke engines, opes combine two pistons per cylinder. Hugo junkers was born on february 3, 1859, rheydt, in rhine province of prussia to successful german industrialist, johann heinrich junkers and his wife, luise junkers. Then, at the age of 51, he revealed his secret hobby, aviation, and published his nurflugelpatent.
Every junkers aircraft is handled in deep detail with developments, technical datas, subtypes and much photographs and threesideviewings. Junkers aircraft and engines 191945 by antony l kay. The three engine ninepassenger g 24 was also produced as a bomber designated k 30 and developed into the larger g 31 passenger transport. I factory designation j 9 was a fighter aircraft produced in germany late in world war i, significant for becoming the first allmetal fighter to enter service. Hugo junkers grave yard is at the munich waldfriedhof, where he came to rest on february, 5th 1935. Hugo junkers 3 february 1859 3 february 1935 was a german aircraft engineer and. Developed in the 1920s, it was taken into service in 1926. Junkers mens automatic watch hugo junkers 66502 with leather. A historical look at opposedpiston engines achates power. An upgraded model, the ju 523m, was powered by three engines and excelled as an eighteenseat airliner. You will find information about all aircraft and engines, developed by hugo junkers, the famous german aviation pioneer, between 1915 and 1933, as well as by the junkers flugzeugwerke ag, which became germanys no. The schematic above shows the basic design, two pistons coming together, with ignition between the piston heads. Faltblatt zur ausstellung im historischen museum kothen dezember 1985 bis marz 1986.
Despite the fact that the prototypes were unable to attain the performance that had been. In 1923, junkers formed the junkers motorenbau jumo to construct aircraft engines. Junkers studied at technical institutes in barmen, berlin, karlsruhe, and aachen, graduating from the last in 1883 and specializing in heat engineering. Junkers, hugo article about junkers, hugo by the free. Hugo junkers, one of germanys great aviation pioneers, entered the aviation world later in life. Books about junkers airplanes, junkers bauhaus, and general aviation. The engine, though, had to wait 20 years for junkers next invention an allmetal airplane before it found a problem it could solve. One of the most notable opes in history was the junkers jumo engine, which was developed by professor hugo junkers for use in german civil and military airplanes manufactured between 1930.
The iconic and legendary junkers ju 52 first flew in 1930. There is no doubt but that hugo junkers is a major figure in the history of aviation in the first third of the twentieth century. The protagonist is an unlikeable young man only concerned with acquiring and leaving girlfriends. The junkers ju 88 was a world war ii german luftwaffe twinengine. Hugo junkers technik museum dessau aviation design and business innovator of germany one of the most familiar airplanes from newsreels of the prewar in germany and world war ii is the corrugated metal trimotor air transport plane, the junker ju52. With 3view drawings, cutaways, fine photographs and unsurpassed indepth treatment of the design history of junkers aircraft, this volume is the definitive history of a german engineering legend.
Naturally gifted with mechanics and engineering as his father was, hugo junkers passed his abitur a german universitypreparatory. Dec 18, 2015 hugo junkers view directly in the original junkers online shop 6684m2 66642 66841 6684m1 66442. In a civilian role, it flew with over 12 airlines including swissair and deutsche luft hansa as both a passenger carrier and a freight hauler. The basic layout was used in the fourengine junkers ju 89 heavy bomber, but this. Junkers jumo 207 dv2 inline 6 diesel engine national. The junkers ju 523m is a german transport aircraft manufactured from 1931 to 1952, initially designed with a single engine but subsequently produced as a trimotor. They are built in germany and are used extensively in both civil and military airplanes in that country. Large parts are focused on the development of diesel engines, as used in the g38.
In 1923 the fda became the first f series, which was equipped with an own junkers engine, the junkers l2. Junkers jumo 004 jet engine for me 262 series, me p. This book provides a complete modelling guide with numerous profiles, line. When hugo junkers died, he was still under arrest at his home and he had lost any influence upon his former company.
One of the most notable opes in history was the junkers jumo engine, which was developed by professor hugo junkers for use in german civil and military airplanes manufactured between 1930 and 1945. Some engineers claimed fairbanks pirated the junkers design. Combined with a direct injection fuel system, opes represent an ideal platform for a compression ignition engine. Reclaiming the legacy of hugo junkers from the nazis. The pilot and observer sat in tandem, open cockpits. By 1910, junkers had combined the opposedpiston principal with the diesel combustion cycle compression ignition. Hugo junkers first started experimenting with opposed piston gas engines gas, not gasoline.