I love the Junkers plane with the corrugated aluminum. When I worked at IAD Lufthansa brought in a CASA JU52 and we got to work on it and paint it. The tube spar was quite unique and was great for ease of maintenance. The wing attached with spigot nuts on the spars.
Really cool that folks are recreating historic aircraft. I'm sure the team that did it learned a huge amount about the thinking and processes of the original builders, which can feed back to the people who maintain and restore the historic originals.
That airplane stopped me in my tracks when I saw it here at Oshkosh. And then I spoke to the pilot. He said, the landing gear has a mind of its own and wallows all over the place. You have to three point land it with the tail wheel locked since the wing completely blanks out the tail. You quickly lose tail control on landing. Does not sound like fun to fly.
Beautiful aircraft....thet made history here in Colombia, the company called Scadta (later Avianca the Colombia´s flagship airline) used in the early 20s mainly as a floatplane using Colombia's rivers, that aircraft were a common sight along mgdalena's river in a time when there was no roads aor even trains connecting the coastal cities and the cities in the inside of the country located at 8000ft....in 1932 some of them were transferred to the colombian air force to be used in a conflict with Peru flying along jungle rivers until the amazon river....so much stories and history with the junkers F13 here,
Thanks Juan. Your great videos and the great weather inspired me to drive up to Airventure from Chicago today. First time there in 30 years. Saw the F13. Thanks for the great overview.
Hey Capt. Browne, was just watching your stol racing in your yellow plane. Ok it's 2015, but you don't fail to show cool stuff. What don't you do. Thank you. Too much fun.
You're in the right place, Juan. Thanks for the report. One of the years I attended, I got to tour Martin Caidin's "Tante Ju", a Junkers Ju-52/3M. It cruised at about 150 mph on three engines.
Talking about that very airframe, I remember reading in an early 80s aviation magazine how it was acquired by Lufthansa to be restored: After fixing (mainly) some important corrosion damage to the wing spar it was made airworthy again, renamed _Berlin-Tempelhof_ and given back the original (albeit not legal) D-AQUI registration number of its early LH days. Totally forgot all that for 25 years until just out of sheer chance I saw her flying over Munich in 2010. I had in 2022 the surprise of finding her again, hanging from the ceiling at the Technikmuseum Speyer: it seems the funds to keep her flying (and fixing newly discovered damage) dryed out a last.
Nice plane, didn't know about the F-13, but I did previously see the Junkers 52/3 multi engine airliner from 1932 at the South African Airways museum near Johannesburg. Very similar style of construction, but with 3 engines.
Hey Juan, hope you’ll do a video soon on N497CA that crash-landed at RDU yesterday. Quite a bizarre story on it’s ill-fated flight and I’d love to hear your analysis.
You should see the flight suits they wore: full leather overalls with incredibly thick insulation at least in a few pictures I saw of the pilots of the F-13. Those things were flown even way up in northern Europe!
Throw some windshields in there and gain 20 knots in cruise! :-) Gotta be a lot of drag with no windshields. With no windshields, my top offer is $1.9M 😀
@@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374 Unless I'm mistaken, Hitler favored flying in a JU 52 which was a tri-motor version. Interesting aircraft but to me it looked a little too much like it was built with corrugated barn roofing and siding. 🙂
Go to the Waco factory in KBTL and eat at the restaurant, well worth the flight going the wrong way. You can see into the factory and you park right in front and you can see your plane while you eat.
I love this little beauty. It’s a little expensive for a toy but what the heck. I love seeing this one! Thank you Juan 👍 And thank you #KristenSorenson. I’m gonna sign off like that too: ERAU 80 CFII-MA Ret Oh and I had a Ground Instructor rating. Where does that go? 🙄😂😂
I thought 'huge wings', then the sign, 52 kph stall!! Yeow, LOL Passengers in the back sipping bourbon and the poor pilot out front, behind that big prop, getting hit with wind and weather. Brilliant... LOL --gary
Wow! Thanks so much for sharing Juan. Cool beyond words. Image all the movie work you could lease it out for! I’ll chip in $100 dollars towards the purchase and nominate you our designated pilot!
Thank you for doing this. What a wonderful rebuild. The engine is an odd choice, the original was a 158hp 6 cylinder water cooled Mercedes D.IIIa, which was superceded by the 306hp 6 cylinder water cooler Junkers L5. But I don't know of a new build straight six aircraft engine. I knew nothing about these until you showed this a few days ago.
The prototype used a Mercedes engine, the first production plane had BMW engine. Later on there were many different engines used, including Mercedes but also several different radial engines including Pratt & Whitney
@@pistonburner6448 I only got as far as the fe using the Junkers L5. The couple of originals I found still had the inline engines. This replica is very reminiscent of the Junkers 52, so I am not surprised to hear they also switched to using the radial engine on this too. Good research, very interesting.
@@rickrickard2788 I am just a smart ass. Nope, it's a reproduction of the first all metal commercial aircraft. But with a radial engine instead of the original low power Mercedes. Easy to understand why they fitted a totally different power plant.
@@cageordie No, the original engine was not a Mercedes. The first prototype that flew had a Mercedes, but the first production plane was powered by BMW. Junkers used at least 5 different engines on the F-13 and at least two of them were radial engines. One of the radial engines was a Pratt & Whitney. So I don't think it's 'unoriginal' or 'totally different' to use a moe modern Pratt & Whitney radial since using an engine from that era was impossible.
Speaking of “junkers”, have you been following the Hanson helicopter case in Guam? I always wanted to fly helicopters with out actually getting a license, I guess I just missed my window there….
Is it TRULY all-weather? * Are the avionics protected both front and back from rain/snow given the open cockpit? * And are there window covers to prevent birds from building nests in the cockpit during downtime? 😉
I was reading the story about this on Thursday and in the mid 1920s in Australia they took supply's to the gold mines and they transported an Austin 7 in pieces all saw used as floor plans speed of 106 mph
There were original F13 with radial engines (including P&W), as well as in-line engines, so this is quite close to an original aircraft. The only deviations from the original construction were really just for safety.
This reproduction is quite interesting. I’m sure a fair amount of research went into this craft to meet requirements for today’s market. Still, if had two mil. to spend, I would buy a decent Austin Martin or real Shelby Cobra. Hmm… maybe I’ll start a GoFundMe page.
The Junkers F-13 had both radial engines and inline engines, there were several versions over the years. There is a fantastic 1h40min documentary made about the process of building this very airplane called "The Return of the Junkers F13" on the youtube channel AHTVFILMS.
If I ever have 2 million extra to spend, how about the Premier 390 Jet, Piper Aerostar, Turbo Twin Commander, Twin Cessna 337 CLT and for fun, Pitts S2B.
Wonder just how many dollars changed hands at this year's AV2022 show, AND how many tens of thousands of dollars were expended on fuel costs to get all of those planes to and from Oshkosh? Inflation doesn't seem to be impacting general aviation. . .
I spoke to the Breitling watch dealer in one of the vendor hangars. They told me they sold more than 30 watches that were over $10,000 each. And many more than that under $10,000. They've had a great week.
@@pittss2c601 Wow! And here I was narrow mindedly thinking only about airplane accessories like Garmins, etc. Juan Browne needed to ask the Breitling vendor for a new cap, as his is showing quite a bit of wear (and a tear). I'm an Omega watch junkie.
Juan, check this out... th-cam.com/video/TCbOgc35hHU/w-d-xo.html Footage from one of the original Inline 6 motors shown at AERO show in Germany. The F13 with radial engine was designed for the US and other foreign countries.
I am just doing some rough maths ( assuming I have just bought this) on how much it actually costs to run each year.My calculator just said NO! It refuses to accept any inputs at all for a B29 for a strange reason should one be available.I tried a B25...NO.I guess flying is fun if and only if you own an entire country? Love the aircraft though.
It's a funny construction but much of it is offensive to good design sensibilities. That open cockpit there is something else. Not hugely impressed by those steps on the wings either. And I'm guessing that corrugated surface has some interesting aerodynamics. Similar to Ford trimotor used in Indiana Jones.
Have not seen anything about work in quite a while…. Maybe you could help me with my bid… I look forward to your analysis of Senator Lindsey Graham‘s bill
I love the Junkers plane with the corrugated aluminum. When I worked at IAD Lufthansa brought in a CASA JU52 and we got to work on it and paint it. The tube spar was quite unique and was great for ease of maintenance. The wing attached with spigot nuts on the spars.
In 1919 this must have seemed like a spaceship when compared to what else was being built.
I think this plane put Prof Hugo Junkers on the map. People just went Whoah
@@idanceforpennies281 They probably went "Mein Gott!" instead?
@@idanceforpennies281 It's fun to fly for sure and even to land b.c. there are people in this world, that love to have a challange :D
Really cool that folks are recreating historic aircraft. I'm sure the team that did it learned a huge amount about the thinking and processes of the original builders, which can feed back to the people who maintain and restore the historic originals.
That airplane stopped me in my tracks when I saw it here at Oshkosh. And then I spoke to the pilot. He said, the landing gear has a mind of its own and wallows all over the place. You have to three point land it with the tail wheel locked since the wing completely blanks out the tail. You quickly lose tail control on landing. Does not sound like fun to fly.
Probably fun to fly ... just not to land?
Thanks Juan! Very cool plane!
Beautiful aircraft....thet made history here in Colombia, the company called Scadta (later Avianca the Colombia´s flagship airline) used in the early 20s mainly as a floatplane using Colombia's rivers, that aircraft were a common sight along mgdalena's river in a time when there was no roads aor even trains connecting the coastal cities and the cities in the inside of the country located at 8000ft....in 1932 some of them were transferred to the colombian air force to be used in a conflict with Peru flying along jungle rivers until the amazon river....so much stories and history with the junkers F13 here,
Thanks Juan. Your great videos and the great weather inspired me to drive up to Airventure from Chicago today. First time there in 30 years. Saw the F13. Thanks for the great overview.
Just love this piece of history, reborn.
Thank you
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GREAT VIDEO, KEEP THEM COMING...
Lovely, I have never seen one before. Nice outer house door on it too.
That Fokker replica strikes me as an answer to a question no one was asking.
Hey Capt. Browne, was just watching your stol racing in your yellow plane. Ok it's 2015, but you don't fail to show cool stuff. What don't you do. Thank you. Too much fun.
It's a cool old design and a newer bird. If I had 2 million, I would just retire and get to fly my old Ercoupe a lot more. Thanks for showing it.
Only 16 years after KittyHawk. Pretty cool!
I’ve been to EAA all week. I’m sorry that I didn’t get to meet you.
Thanks for sharing another plane from aviation history especially early European designs and examples.
I saw this airplane at KBTL, at the beginning of June. Beautiful airplane!
You're in the right place, Juan. Thanks for the report. One of the years I attended, I got to tour Martin Caidin's "Tante Ju", a Junkers Ju-52/3M. It cruised at about 150 mph on three engines.
Talking about that very airframe, I remember reading in an early 80s aviation magazine how it was acquired by Lufthansa to be restored: After fixing (mainly) some important corrosion damage to the wing spar it was made airworthy again, renamed _Berlin-Tempelhof_ and given back the original (albeit not legal) D-AQUI registration number of its early LH days. Totally forgot all that for 25 years until just out of sheer chance I saw her flying over Munich in 2010. I had in 2022 the surprise of finding her again, hanging from the ceiling at the Technikmuseum Speyer: it seems the funds to keep her flying (and fixing newly discovered damage) dryed out a last.
The first time I saw one I thought it was a Ford Trimotor. Then I realized it could only be a Junkers. I think the one I saw was owned by Swissair.
$2 million? Does that include full tanks?
Price a new Cessna 172😆 you will want to be sitting down when you do
Darn, since I lost my medical, I can’t justify this purchase!
The open cockpit is hilarious and it must have been miserable to fly.
Why I love going to the Canadian aviation museum in Ottawa. So much history.
Nice plane, didn't know about the F-13, but I did previously see the Junkers 52/3 multi engine airliner from 1932 at the South African Airways museum near Johannesburg. Very similar style of construction, but with 3 engines.
The South African JU used to do air flips around Johannesburg on sightseeing flights some years ago.
Regards from South Africa
@@IO-zz2xy The Ju-52 is quite a bit bigger and has a fully enclosed cockpit, but yes, it is based heavily on the experiences made with the F13.
It's that phone conversation with your insurance broker afterwards - "You've just spent $2 million, uh-huh, - on a what?!! : )
They used to use these as transport aircraft in northern Canada way back when bush flying was in its infancy.
Thanks for a history lesson. If I had the millions I would not purchase this craft.
Looks frickin heavy...
Strange how the airflow goes over those wings!!!
2 mill, think not..
Hope you enjoy flying your new F-13 home!
Hey Juan, hope you’ll do a video soon on N497CA that crash-landed at RDU yesterday. Quite a bizarre story on it’s ill-fated flight and I’d love to hear your analysis.
He did, was very interesting and sad
Cool!
Crazy to have an open cockpit. Imagine flying that thing in the cold and rain.
You should see the flight suits they wore: full leather overalls with incredibly thick insulation at least in a few pictures I saw of the pilots of the F-13.
Those things were flown even way up in northern Europe!
hello nice presentation thanks. saludos
How does the pilot enter the cockpit, through the the window?
Just rattled the piggy bank: not today, but tempting.... 😎
Throw some windshields in there and gain 20 knots in cruise! :-)
Gotta be a lot of drag with no windshields.
With no windshields, my top offer is $1.9M 😀
The Junkers W34 was essentially the revised version with fully closed cockpit and more creature comforts.
@@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374
Unless I'm mistaken, Hitler favored flying in a JU 52 which was a tri-motor version.
Interesting aircraft but to me it looked a little too much like it was built with corrugated barn roofing and siding. 🙂
There's a company in Switzerland (iirc) planning to build new Ju-52s!
Not sure but they just went bankrupt?
Go to the Waco factory in KBTL and eat at the restaurant, well worth the flight going the wrong way. You can see into the factory and you park right in front and you can see your plane while you eat.
450 HP? This thing must take off like a MIG 29!
I love this little beauty. It’s a little expensive for a toy but what the heck. I love seeing this one! Thank you Juan 👍
And thank you #KristenSorenson. I’m gonna sign off like that too:
ERAU 80 CFII-MA Ret
Oh and I had a Ground Instructor rating. Where does that go? 🙄😂😂
The Aircraft is build in Hochmössingen (Germany) by a small Company .
I thought 'huge wings', then the sign, 52 kph stall!! Yeow, LOL Passengers in the back sipping bourbon and the poor pilot out front, behind that big prop, getting hit with wind and weather. Brilliant... LOL --gary
The F-13 had a inline 6 cylinder water cooled Mercedes engine
Ailerons with lead counter balancers were common back then. Aircraft had them in 1919 and that continued up through WWII. 🧐
There were a number of engines used through it's lifespan. The Bristol Jupiter radial would have been available in 1919.
Wow! Thanks so much for sharing Juan. Cool beyond words. Image all the movie work you could lease it out for! I’ll chip in $100 dollars towards the purchase and nominate you our designated pilot!
Thank you for doing this. What a wonderful rebuild. The engine is an odd choice, the original was a 158hp 6 cylinder water cooled Mercedes D.IIIa, which was superceded by the 306hp 6 cylinder water cooler Junkers L5. But I don't know of a new build straight six aircraft engine. I knew nothing about these until you showed this a few days ago.
The prototype used a Mercedes engine, the first production plane had BMW engine. Later on there were many different engines used, including Mercedes but also several different radial engines including Pratt & Whitney
@@pistonburner6448 I only got as far as the fe using the Junkers L5. The couple of originals I found still had the inline engines. This replica is very reminiscent of the Junkers 52, so I am not surprised to hear they also switched to using the radial engine on this too. Good research, very interesting.
@@cageordie There is a full documentary on this very aircraft's build. The exact name is in my other comment here
Wow that is cool price
How did it get to Oshkosh ?
The y lew it here from Michigan
Wow
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Beautiful! Did it list the wingspan by chance? Didn't see it on the board you were standing by.
14.8m (48'7"). Do they not have Google on your planet?
@@cageordie I thought this was a specially reconstructed plane. I apologize for asking a simple question.
@@rickrickard2788 I am just a smart ass. Nope, it's a reproduction of the first all metal commercial aircraft. But with a radial engine instead of the original low power Mercedes. Easy to understand why they fitted a totally different power plant.
@@cageordie No, the original engine was not a Mercedes. The first prototype that flew had a Mercedes, but the first production plane was powered by BMW. Junkers used at least 5 different engines on the F-13 and at least two of them were radial engines. One of the radial engines was a Pratt & Whitney. So I don't think it's 'unoriginal' or 'totally different' to use a moe modern Pratt & Whitney radial since using an engine from that era was impossible.
Speaking of “junkers”, have you been following the Hanson helicopter case in Guam? I always wanted to fly helicopters with out actually getting a license, I guess I just missed my window there….
Such a deal!
Is it TRULY all-weather?
* Are the avionics protected both front and back from rain/snow given the open cockpit?
* And are there window covers to prevent birds from building nests in the cockpit during downtime? 😉
Yes, but only for the passengers!
Well, the tires say "4 season" I don't know what else you want.
Will he take a Check?.
Or offer a "cash discount?"
Those old-look replicas sure look nice. Especially with that corrugated aluminum skin. I just don't have enough diamonds in my safe! 😁😁😊😊
Trying to clean and or polish in between those corrugations would be a pain.
Its nice to have a near original plane customised to modern aviation challenges. But I wonder how they protect the modern instruments against rain?
That would be a cold flight.
Ahh the wind in my hair and the bugs in my teeth, YUCK!!!
@@freedomfan4272 My teeth would be covered with bugs from ear to ear.
Corrugated metal is testimony to the state of metallurgy in those days. Also, what regulations??
I was reading the story about this on Thursday and in the mid 1920s in Australia they took supply's to the gold mines and they transported an Austin 7 in pieces all saw used as floor plans speed of 106 mph
Looks like a smaller Junkers 52.
2mill for 80 knots.. no max fuel + passengers…mmmmm…. “I’ll get back to you”
Neat
2 million? I'll take two!
What a steal!! I'll take five!! I just happen to have that much money in my pocket!😁
How does the pilot and co pilot get in, through the cabin or just crawl through the window? Interesting plane.
Over the wings. If you look closely, you can see hidden steps below the cockpit opening on both sides.
There is only one way and it's not through the cabin.
Original films show entry by stepping directly off the left wing using no steps.
I was lowkey hoping they swing through the window on a rope from the top of the hangar, yodelling.
There were original F13 with radial engines (including P&W), as well as in-line engines, so this is quite close to an original aircraft. The only deviations from the original construction were really just for safety.
Most of those had the radial engine.
Dang! Worth at least a couple of Ferraris.
Just curious, is that where the term "junkpile" originated?
2 mil ? Humm thats only 4 skyhawks 😆👍 interest video , thanks
This reproduction is quite interesting. I’m sure a fair amount of research went into this craft to meet requirements for today’s market. Still, if had two mil. to spend, I would buy a decent Austin Martin or real Shelby Cobra. Hmm… maybe I’ll start a GoFundMe page.
The Junkers F-13 had both radial engines and inline engines, there were several versions over the years.
There is a fantastic 1h40min documentary made about the process of building this very airplane called "The Return of the Junkers F13" on the youtube channel AHTVFILMS.
The original looked quite different regarding front and back rudder.
Must've looked like a spaceship in 1919!
Time to buy a leather flying helmet and goggles and a big thick sheepskin coat Juan!
He he he what a plane,.......open cockpit and all!
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ERAU 80 CFIA&I ret.
What would aviation be like without acronyms?!
TH-cam offered to "Translate to English" 😛
Hey me too 👍
CFII-MA ERAU 80 ret
Oh I had a Ground Instructor rating too. Where does that go? 🙄
@@VLove-CFII Don't forget to be proud of your achievements, no matter the size! 😅
If I ever have 2 million extra to spend, how about the Premier 390 Jet, Piper Aerostar, Turbo Twin Commander, Twin Cessna 337 CLT and for fun, Pitts S2B.
About the same range as a Tesla but super cool!
After talking to the pilot I think it’s quite a bit of work to fly it
Wonder just how many dollars changed hands at this year's AV2022 show, AND how many tens of thousands of dollars were expended on fuel costs to get all of those planes to and from Oshkosh? Inflation doesn't seem to be impacting general aviation. . .
I spoke to the Breitling watch dealer in one of the vendor hangars. They told me they sold more than 30 watches that were over $10,000 each. And many more than that under $10,000. They've had a great week.
@@pittss2c601 Wow! And here I was narrow mindedly thinking only about airplane accessories like Garmins, etc. Juan Browne needed to ask the Breitling vendor for a new cap, as his is showing quite a bit of wear (and a tear). I'm an Omega watch junkie.
Ahhh... I'll take the Waco.
Juan, check this out...
th-cam.com/video/TCbOgc35hHU/w-d-xo.html
Footage from one of the original Inline 6 motors shown at AERO show in Germany. The F13 with radial engine was designed for the US and other foreign countries.
Imagine the passengers and pilot looks if an F18 flies hornet flies by in the year 1916 👽
Well, an F-13 is 2/3 already of an F-18, right? 😁
You said $2 million real essy so are you taking it home today?
I am just doing some rough maths ( assuming I have just bought this) on how much it actually costs to run each year.My calculator just said NO! It refuses to accept any inputs at all for a B29 for a strange reason should one be available.I tried a B25...NO.I guess flying is fun if and only if you own an entire country? Love the aircraft though.
Ps I believe this aircraft always had a radial set up.
I suddenly have the need for a small loan for $2 million and a tail wheel endorsement
It's a funny construction but much of it is offensive to good design sensibilities. That open cockpit there is something else. Not hugely impressed by those steps on the wings either. And I'm guessing that corrugated surface has some interesting aerodynamics. Similar to Ford trimotor used in Indiana Jones.
But you can't buy a Brand new Waco Cabin
I’d rather have a P51 Mustang for $2Million
Now when they named that thing did they know what it would sound like in English?
$2MM for that pile of Junkers ?
looks simmaler to the Junkers/fockker from the second Indiana Jones Movie
Wonder who is going to pay that much and then have to sit outside to fly it
Some classic junkers footage (not the F13 .. JU52 I think ?) on the opening sequence of Where Eagles Dare. Don’t go watching the whole movie now….
At two million. I don't think they really want to sell it. But, we'll see.
Keep in mind that this F13 has so many modern features it's more like " variation on theme " then actual reconstruction. Too bad.
This might be the highest priced slowest aircraft you can buy.🤣
You can stand up, spread your hands and pretend you're flying while you're... flying
Who would buy that?
Have not seen anything about work in quite a while…. Maybe you could help me with my bid… I look forward to your analysis of Senator Lindsey Graham‘s bill