Re: Still flying at 71



Fox2 wrote:

That 1927 plane pre-dates the Junkers by 9 years. I wonder if it is as noisy
inside as that JU-52 was.


Junkers claimed the corrugated wing didn't add drag; after hearing this once too often somebody stuck a corrugated wing section into a wind tunnel to see what would happen; the corrugated wing had around 40% more drag than a smooth wing.
Eric Brown compared starting the Ju-52's engines to trying to play a Wurlitzer organ; he was astounded that such a simple aircraft could such a confused and complicated cockpit. :-)

Pat

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