German engineer and aircraft designer who pioneered all-metal aircraft and flying-wing construction, founding Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke and designing some of the earliest practical all-metal airplanes. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Junkers Ju 52, Vehicles Credited to the Junkers company and its founder rather than one named individual designer.
Credited to the Junkers company and its founder rather than one named individual designer.
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1. Wikipedia: Hugo Junkers
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pioneered the design of all-metal airplanes and flying wings
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Hugo Junkers (3 February 1859-3 February 1935) was a German aircraft engineer and aircraft designer who pioneered the design of all-metal airplanes and flying wings.
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