Aeronautical work Hugo Junkers

junkers on airfield

junkers aeronautical work began in earnest @ age of fifty, when worked engineer hans reissner in aachen. reissner had developed all-metal aircraft, on work first started in 1909 @ brand heath, equipped corrugated iron wings built junkers & co. in dessau. iron wings patented 1 year later. junkers had wind tunnel built , invented hydraulic brake.

he had far-sighted ideas of metal aeroplanes , flying wings, necessities of war held him back. during world war i, government forced him focus on aircraft production. in 1915, developed world s first practical all-metal aircraft design, junkers j 1 blechesel (sheetmetal donkey), survived on display in deutsches museum in munich until world war ii. firm s first military production design in 1916–17 armored-fuselage, two-seat, all-metal sesquiplane known idflieg designation, junkers j.i, considered best german ground attack aircraft of war. during time, german government s idflieg military aviation inspectorate forced him merge firm anthony fokker s form junkers-fokker aktiengesellschaft on 20 october 1917. j.i s pattern of armored fuselage protected nose-mounted engine, pilot, , observer in unitized metal bathtub possible inspiration sergei ilyushin s later il-2 shturmovik (conceivably appropriate junkers did have manufacturing plant in fili, suburb of moscow, in soviet union in 1920s) similar armored fuselage design. 1918, firm, demonstrated preference monoplane-pattern airframe designs, had created world s first low-winged, single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft, junkers d.i, pioneered use of duralumin throughout airframe. however, d.i did not enter production until 1918. produced two-seat monoplane fighter, junkers cl.i. both postwar soviet aviation pioneer andrei tupolev , american aviation designer william bushnell stout owed hugo junkers in designs of earlier aircraft, benefited junkers corrugated, light-metal construction technique.

junkers (centre) w 33 pilots johann risztics (left) , wilhelm zimmermann (right), celebrating world record of 65 h 25 m non-stop flight @ dessau, july 1928

the junkers f.13 of 1919 first of several successful civil aircraft designs produced junkers flugzeugwerke: later designs include junkers ju 52/3m 1932. through variety of business initiatives, junkers active in founding , developing airlines around globe aiming sell them aircraft. airlines junkers played pivotal role in phases of development include deutsche luft hansa , lloyd aéreo boliviano. however, several business ventures failed wider economic or political problems hamstrung sound engineering plans. junkers had more ideas: massive four-engined g.38, nicknamed der grosse dessauer , delivered luft hansa, made no commercial trips many months repeatedly recalled factory improvements.