The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed Tante Ju (“Aunt Ju”) and Iron Annie) is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers.
Development of the Ju 52 commenced during 1930, headed by German aeronautical engineer Ernst Zindel.
Most Ju 52s were destroyed after the war, but 585 were built after 1945. In France, the machine had been manufactured during the war by the Junkers-controlled Avions Amiot company, and production continued afterwards as the Amiot AAC 1 Toucan. In Spain, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA continued production as the CASA 352 and 352L. Four CASA 352s are airworthy and in regular use today.
General characteristics
Crew: Two
Capacity: 17 passengers
Length: 19 m (62 ft)
Wingspan: 29 m (96 ft)
Height: 5.5 m (18.2 ft)
Wing area: 110.50 m2 (1,189.4 sq ft)
Empty weight: 5,720 kg (12,610 lb)
Gross weight: 9,500 kg (20,944 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 10,499 kg (23,146 lb)
Powerplant: 3 × BMW 132A-3 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 541 kW (725 hp) each for take-off (525 PS)
Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller
Performance
Maximum speed: 265.5 km/h (165.0 mph, 143.4 kn) at sea level
276.8 km/h (172.0 mph; 149.5 kn) at 910 m (3,000 ft)
Cruise speed: 246 km/h (153 mph, 133 kn) maximum continuous at 910 m (3,000 ft)
209 km/h (130 mph; 113 kn) economical cruise
Range: 998 km (620 mi, 539 nmi)
Service ceiling: 5,900 m (19,360 ft)
Rate of climb: 3.9 m/s (770 ft/min)
Time to altitude: 910 m (3,000 ft) in 17 minutes 30 seconds
Wing loading: 83.35 kg/m2 (17.07 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass: 7.95 kg/kW
Armament
Guns: * 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 15 machine gun or 13 mm (0.51 in) MG 131 machine gun in a dorsal position
1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG 15 machine gun in a semi-retractable dustbin turret
Bombs: up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of bombs
