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Hugo Junkers was a leading pioneer of aviation, especially all-metal aircraft construction, and his name is associated with great aerodynamic and structural advances in engineering. His design and manufacturing bureau was responsible for some of the most distinctive and famous aircraft of the twentieth century, including the terrifying Ju87 Stuka dive bomber and the Ju88 bomber that battered London in the Blitz. With three-dimensional drawings, cut-aways, fine photographs and an unsurpassed in-depth design history of Junkers aircraft, this volume offers a definitive history of the German engineering legend. It covers the firm's entire thirty-year history with details of its successful airliners and transports as well as its warplanes.Kay, Antony L. is the author of 'Junkers Aircraft And Engines, 1913-1945', published 2004 under ISBN 9780851779850 and ISBN 0851779859.
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