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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Junkers-a50: photo taken by Softeis· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 20081106 123510 Junkers A50 OH-ABB Helsinki Vantaa: Bergfalke2· Public domain
- 3. Junkers A50 Junior (N50JU, cn 004) (7-29-2023): ZLEA· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Junkers A 50 Junior L'Aéronautique July,1929: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 5. Junkers A 50 Junior left rear L'Aéronautique July,1929: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 6. Walter Vega a Junkers A50ba (Junior): neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
what is it?
The Junkers A50 Junior is a German all-metal sports plane first produced by Junkers in 1929. A modernized version, produced since 2022 by Junkers Aircraft Works, features updated materials, safety systems, and avionics. Designed by Hermann Pohlmann during the late 1920s, it incorporated the all-metal construction and various other principles practiced on Junkers' larger aircraft of the era.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Wingspan of 10 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929-02-13
- number built
- 69
- role
- sports plane
- makers
- Junkers Motorenbau und Junkers Flugzeugwerk
- engines
- 1× Armstrong Siddeley Genet II
- length
- 7.1 m
- wingspan
- 10 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 590 kg
- top speed
- 164 km/h
- cruise speed
- 140 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 4,200 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q820090, Wikipedia: Junkers A50 Junior (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.