JUNKERS JU52
The corrugated iron aeroplane, affectionately known as ‘Tante Ju’, was considered virtually indestructible and could take off and land in the smallest of spaces.
Who doesn't know the three-engined Junkers 52, which still circles over the Rhine Valley today as a vintage aeroplane. The corrugated iron aeroplane, affectionately known as ‘Tante Ju’, was considered virtually indestructible and could take off and land in the smallest of spaces. In the 1930s, designer Hugo Junkers, who was born in Rheydt near Mönchengladbach, developed the aircraft, which was intended to secure supplies during the war, transport medicines and also fly soldiers out of the Stalingrad cauldron.
According to the Verein der Freunde historischer Luftfahrzeuge e.V. in Mönchengladbach, 8 airworthy examples still exist worldwide, 6 of which carry passengers.