Junkers W 33

what is it?

The Junkers W 33 was a German 1920s single-engine low-wing monoplane transport aircraft that followed Junkers standard practice making extensive use of corrugated aluminium alloy over an aluminium alloy tube frame, that was developed from the similar but slightly smaller Junkers F 13, and evolved into the similar W 34. One example, named Bremen, was the first aircraft to complete the much more difficult east–west non-stop heavier-than-air crossing of the Atlantic.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 17.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 180 km/htop speed
• range 1,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 2,500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 199made 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 100 years ago, in 1926.
• 🚗Wingspan of 17.8 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,000 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1926-06-17

introduced

1926

status

retired

number built

199

role

transport

origin

Weimar Republic

makers

Junkers

engines

1× Junkers L5

length

10.5 m

wingspan

17.8 m

height

3.5 m

max take-off weight

2,500 kg

top speed

180 km/h

cruise speed

150 km/h

range

1,000 km

ceiling

4,300 m

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