Aerei Junkers: libri illustrati di storia e guide

Junkers 1895-1969

Hugo Junkers fu un ingegnere aeronautico pioniere che adottò un approccio unico alla progettazione degli aeromobili. Mentre la maggior parte degli aerei del suo tempo era costruita in legno e tela, Junkers insistette sull'utilizzo del metallo, nonostante il diffuso scetticismo riguardo al suo peso. La sua dedizione nel dimostrare i vantaggi della costruzione metallica lo rese una figura chiave agli albori dell'industria aeronautica.

La storia degli aerei Junkers si divide in tre fasi. La prima copre l'era sotto la guida di Hugo Junkers, incentrata sull'aviazione commerciale. La seconda, sotto il controllo nazista, vide l'azienda dedicarsi all'aviazione militare, giocando un ruolo di primo piano nella ricostruzione della Luftwaffe. La terza fase, dopo la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, vide la Junkers ridotta a una pallida ombra di se stessa.

Questo libro ripercorre lo sviluppo degli aerei Junkers, dai loro primi contributi all'aviazione civile al loro impiego in tempo di guerra, fornendo un resoconto dettagliato dell'evoluzione dell'azienda.

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Formato:	160 pagine, 20 x 14 x 1 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Key Publishing Ltd (GB, 2023)
Collana:	Aviation Industry
ISBN:	9781802823684

Turbulent Journey - The Jumo Engine, Operation Paperclip, and the American Dream

Germany built the first operational jet aircraft during World War II, the Messerschmitt Me 262. Siegfried Decher was part of the engineering team that designed the engines that powered the 262. At the end of the war, Decher was nearly stranded in the Soviet Occupation Zone, but the US military made contact and offered a way out.

As the principal responsible for a control system in the Jumo engine, Decher was of value to the Allies. Plans to evacuate during Operation Paperclip fell through. After a detour in France, Decher reached American shores several years later, where he enjoyed a successful career in the civil aviation industry.

This untold story of early jet development, surviving the collapse of the Reich, and starting over in America is recounted by Siegfried's son, Reiner. Reiner, an accomplished engineer in his own right, constructs the story through a combination of his own memories and original letters and documents from his family archive.

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Autore:	Reiner Decher
Formato:	192 pagine, 21.5 x 16.5 x 3.6 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	65 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2022)
ISBN:	9780764363559

Junkers Aircraft of WW I (Volume 1) - J.1-J.4

Volume 1 in a series of 2 volumes that discuss and illustrate the world's first all-metal airplanes, including the development of their all-metal structural technology as well as the Junkers aircraft themselves. It presents the Junkers J.1 to J.4 airplanes.

Volume 1 has 356 photographs, including 82 in color, and color profiles of 13 aircraft.

Numerous photographs and contemporary drawings are included, and each volume includes scale drawings of three aircraft types. These volumes provide the most detailed and complete coverage of these aircraft ever published.

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Autore:	Jack Herris
Formato:	208 pagine, 28 x 21.5 x 1.2 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	274 foto in B&N e 82 in colori, viste di profilo in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Aeronaut Books (USA, 2018)
ISBN:	9781935881650

Junkers Aircraft of WW I (Volume 2) - Junkers J.5-J.11

Volume 2 in a series of 2 volumes that discuss and illustrate the world's first all-metal airplanes, including the development of their all-metal structural technology as well as the Junkers aircraft themselves. It presents the Junkers J.5 to J.11 airplanes.

Volume 2 has 229 photographs, including 30 in color, and color profiles of 14 aircraft. It also includes 7 color images illustrating factory colors and markings.

Numerous photographs and contemporary drawings are included, and each volume includes scale drawings of three aircraft types. These volumes provide the most detailed and complete coverage of these aircraft ever published.

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Autore:	Jack Herris
Formato:	192 pagine, 28 x 21.5 x 1.2 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	199 foto in B&N e 30 in colori, viste di profilo in colori
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Aeronaut Books (USA, 2018)
ISBN:	9781935881667

Junkers Military Aircraft of World War Two

The Junkers Aircraft Company of Dessau, Germany forever changed the world of aviation when they produced several aircraft that revolutionised warfare during World War Two. Among them were the Ju 87 Stuka, which was key to the success of the Blitzkrieg, and highly versatile bomber and transport aircraft including Junkers Ju 86, Ju 52, Ju 90/290 and, later, Ju 88.

From initiating unprecedented advancements in structural design to producing advanced turbojet engines and radical aircraft that provided a glimpse of the future of aviation, the Junkers Aircraft Company proved to be a true pioneer in the aviation world.
Drawing on a multitude of photographs, diagrams and US government reports, Junkers Military Aircraft of World War Two reveals the history of this innovative aviation company and its many key aircraft that played a vital role in the war.

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Autore:	Mark A. Chambers
Formato:	176 pagine, 23.5 x 26 x 1.9 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	222 foto in B&N
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	The History Press Ltd (GB, 2017)
ISBN:	9780750964180

Junkers Ju 287 - The World's First Swept-Wing Jet Aircraft

In the summer of 1944, as the Second World War drew to a close, an unusual airplane took to the skies over Leipzig-Brandis on its maiden flight. It was the prototype version of the Ju 287 V1, a four-engine jet bomber. With its forward swept wings, the design was a critical milestone in the annals of aviation technology and made the Ju 287 the first swept-wing design in the world.

One of the world's most interesting airplanes is revealed through many previously unpublished reports, photographs and drawings. It is an airplane whose revolutionary design played a major role in the postwar development of jet aircraft, in both the East and the West. This book fills a gap in the material covering the first chapter of the jet era.

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Autore:	Horst Lommel
Formato:	224 pagine, 28 x 22.5 x 2.5 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	inglese
Editore:	Schiffer Publishing Ltd (USA, 2004)
ISBN:	9780764320590

Das große Junkers Flugzeugbuch - Hugo Junkers und seine Konstruktionen

NUOVO

Questo libro presenta la vita e l'opera di Hugo Junkers, ingegnere, scienziato e industriale che ha svolto un ruolo importante nello sviluppo dell'aviazione tedesca tra gli anni '20 e '40.

L'autore Helmut Erfurth offre una panoramica della carriera di Junkers e della sua vasta gamma di successi tecnici, tra cui strumenti di misurazione, costruzioni metalliche e lo sviluppo di motori a olio pesante e leggero. Il fulcro principale del libro, tuttavia, è costituito dagli aerei Junkers e dal contributo dell'azienda alla storia dell'aviazione.

Il libro esamina lo sviluppo dei progetti aeronautici della Junkers, con particolare attenzione al celebre aereo da trasporto Ju 52. Attraverso fotografie storiche, incluse immagini inedite, documenta gli aerei, la loro costruzione e il loro ruolo nell'evoluzione dell'aviazione agli albori.

Unendo informazioni biografiche a dettagli tecnici e storici, questo volume offre una panoramica sull'influenza di Hugo Junkers sull'ingegneria aeronautica e sullo sviluppo di concetti aeronautici innovativi durante un periodo chiave della storia dell'aviazione.

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Autore:	Helmut Erfurth
Formato:	144 pagine, 27 x 23 x 1.8 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	160 foto in B&N e in colori
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	GeraMond Verlag (D, 2025)
ISBN:	9783765470349

Die letzten Junkers-Flugzeuge (III) - Junkers Ju 86, Ju 87, Ju 88., Ju 90, Ju 388 und Baade 152

Of the approximately 30 000 Junkers aircraft that were built from 1915 in the thirty-year history of the Junkers production network, more than 24 000 aircraft were bombers and reconnaissance aircraft of the Junkers Ju 86, Ju 87, Ju 88 type, as well as their further developments. Only five aircraft survived the post-war period in England and the USA.

Due to the small number of original aircraft still in existence, the 1980s saw the start of the salvage of aircraft that had mostly been left behind in remote locations during the war. The worldwide museum fleet of Junkers aircraft from the Second World War now includes 18 museum aircraft, which are supplemented by eight replicas, some of which are still airworthy.

In addition to three other aircraft that are still at their crash sites in Scandinavia, 12 relatively well-preserved underwater wrecks are now known. In total, 41 objects exist today that represent the era of "late" Junkers developments.
They are presented in the third volume of the "Die letzten Junkers-Flugzeuge" series.

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Autore:	Paul Zöller
Formato:	288 pagine, 22 x 17 x 1.7 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	riccamente illustrato
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Books on Demand (D, 2019)
ISBN:	9783749481729

Junkers in Sachsen-Anhalt - Luftfahrtgeschichte in alten Fotografien

In this historical illustrated book, flight captain Klaus Breiler describes the development of aviation technology in Dessau and Köthen. The focus is on the work of Hugo Junkers.
Previously unpublished photos and reports from numerous contemporary witnesses show how diverse Junkers' activities were in Dessau, Magdeburg and Köthen. The volume culminates in the documentation of the replica of the Junkers F13.

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Autore:	Klaus Breiler Klaus Breiler
Formato:	128 pagine, 24 x 17 cm, copertina rigida
Illustrazioni:	160 foto
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Sutton Verlag (D, 2017)
ISBN:	9783954007424

Junkers

Professor Hugo Junkers began his career as a businessman producing heating systems, industrial boilers and temperature measuring devices. He was the one who developed the first successful all-metal monoplane, revolutionising aircraft design.
This impressive collection of photographs vividly documents the history and achievements of Junkers.

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Autore:	Brian Walters
Formato:	136 pagine, 23.5 x 16.5 x 0.9 cm, brossura
Illustrazioni:	225 foto
Lingua:	tedesco
Editore:	Sutton Verlag (D, 2016)
ISBN:	9783897022355