The Junkers F.13 is a German aircraft built by Junkers, first flown in 1919 and widely regarded by aviation historians as the world's first all-metal, cantilever-wing aircraft purpose-built for commercial passenger transport, using a corrugated duralumin skin that gave the wing structural strength without external bracing wires. Produced in substantial numbers through the 1920s and into the 1930s and operated by airlines on several continents, it established design principles, an all-metal monoplane airframe carrying its own structural loads through the skin and wing, that influenced the development of later airliners well beyond Junkers' own later designs.
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SignificanceWorld's first all-metal transport aircraft; accounted for over a third of air traffic in the early 1920s 1 Manufacturer or Builder In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Junkers F 13 (Wikipedia)
Development, first flight
The F 13 first flew on 25 June 1919, powered by a 127 kW (170 hp) Mercedes D.IIIa inline upright water-cooled engine.
Introduction
The Junkers F 13 is the world's first all-metal transport aircraft, designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers.
Operational history
It accounted for over a third of air traffic in the early 1920s.
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The Junkers F 13 is the world's first all-metal transport aircraft, designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers.
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