3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Junkers K 47 left photo NACA Aircraft Circular No.100: NACA Aircraft Circular· Public domain
- 2. Junkers K 47 left front photo NACA Aircraft Circular No.100: NACA Aircraft Circular· Public domain
- 3. Junkers K 47 left rear photo NACA Aircraft Circular No.100: NACA Aircraft Circular· Public domain
what is it?
The Junkers K 47 was a two-seater fighter aircraft developed in Sweden by the Swedish subsidiary of the German firm Junkers during the late 1920s, a civil development of which was designated the A 48.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · mid wing · 12.4 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.
- Top speed is 2.3× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 12.4 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929
- number built
- 23
- role
- fighter
- origin
- 🇸🇪 Sweden
- makers
- Junkers Motorenbau und Junkers Flugzeugwerk
- engines
- 1× BMW-built Pratt & Whitney Hornet
- length
- 8.6 m
- wingspan
- 12.4 m
- height
- 2.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,635 kg
- top speed
- 300 km/h
- range
- 490 km
- ceiling
- 4,250 m
- wings
- mid wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q514601, Wikipedia: Junkers K 47 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.