Junkers W 34

what is it?

The Junkers W 34 was a German-built, single-engine, passenger and transport aircraft. Developed in the 1920s, it was taken into service in 1926. The passenger version could take a pilot and five passengers.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 18.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 265 km/htop speed
• range 900 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 6passengers
• size 3,200 kgmax take-off weight
• built 3,000made 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.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 18.5 m: about 4 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

1926-07-07

introduced

1926

number built

3,000

role

transport

origin

Weimar Republic

makers

Junkers

engines

1× BMW 132A / BMW 132

crew

2

passengers

6

length

10.3 m

wingspan

18.5 m

height

3.5 m

max take-off weight

3,200 kg

top speed

265 km/h

cruise speed

233 km/h

range

900 km

ceiling

6,300 m

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

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