Junkers Ju 160

what is it?

The Junkers Ju 160 was a single-engine low-wing passenger transport aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Junkers Derived from the Ju 60, the Ju 160 was targeted at the same fast airliner market as the Heinkel He 70 Blitz and the Lockheed Model 9 Orion. The German flag carrier Deutsche Lufthansa has commissioned the unsuccessful Ju 60; Junkers decided to design an improved derivative in 1934. Capable of seating up to six passengers and operated by a crew of two, the Ju 160 benefitted from the adoption of a new wing, a more powerful engine, and an aerodynamically cleaner exterior (which included an inwards-retracting undercarriage).

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 340 km/htop speed
• range 1,200 kmwithout refuelling
• built 47made in total

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 92 years ago, in 1934.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.3 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,200 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1934-01-30

introduced

1935

number built

47

role

small fast passenger transport

makers

Junkers Motorenbau und Junkers Flugzeugwerk

engines

1× BMW 132A

length

12 m

wingspan

14.3 m

height

4 m

top speed

340 km/h

cruise speed

315 km/h

range

1,200 km

ceiling

5,200 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.