Junkers G 38

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The Junkers G 38 was a large German four-engined transport aircraft of the late 1920s and early 1930s, notable for its distinctive thick wing that housed passenger cabins.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German aircraft ⓘ
airliner ⓘ
four-engined aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
aircraftRole long-range transport ⓘ
mailplane ⓘ
civilRegistration D-2000 ⓘ
D-2500 ⓘ
construction all-metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
crew 7 ⓘ
cruiseSpeed 200 km/h ⓘ
designFeature multi-crew flight deck with separate navigator and radio operator stations ⓘ
passenger lounge in fuselage nose ⓘ
developedInto Mitsubishi Ki-20 ⓘ
engineConfiguration four engines ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
firstFlight 1929-11-06 ⓘ
height 7.20 m ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the largest landplanes of its time ⓘ
pioneered wing-integrated passenger accommodation ⓘ
introduced 1929 ⓘ
laterMilitaryDesignation K 51 ⓘ
length 23.20 m ⓘ
manufacturer Junkers ⓘ
maximumSpeed 235 km/h ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight 24,000 kg ⓘ
NATOname none ⓘ
notableFeature corrugated duralumin skin ⓘ
passenger cabins inside the wings ⓘ
numberBuilt 2 ⓘ
operator Deutsche Luft Hansa ⓘ
linked to: Lufthansa

Luftwaffe ⓘ
passengerCapacity 30 ⓘ
powerplant Junkers Jumo 204 engines ⓘ
Junkers L 55 engines ⓘ
primaryUser Lufthansa ⓘ
range 3,000 km ⓘ
retired 1941 ⓘ
serviceCeiling 4,000 m ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
survivingExamples 0 ⓘ
usedFor Berlin–London route ⓘ
Berlin–Rome route ⓘ
European long-distance routes ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
wingspan 44.00 m ⓘ
wingType thick wing ⓘ

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BMW 132 → usedInAircraft → Junkers G 38 ⓘ
Junkers L 55 → usedIn → Junkers G 38 ⓘ
subject linked to: Junkers L 55 engines
Junkers L 55 → powerplantFor → Junkers G 38 ⓘ
subject linked to: Junkers L 55 engines
D-2000 → aircraftType → Junkers G 38 ⓘ
D-2000 → associatedWith → Junkers G 38 program ⓘ
linked to: Junkers G 38
K 51 → refersTo → Junkers G 38 ⓘ
K 51 → operator → Deutsche Luft Hansa (as G 38 in civil form) ⓘ
linked to: Junkers G 38
Mitsubishi Ki-20 → derivedFrom → Junkers G 38 ⓘ
Mitsubishi Ki-20 → basedOn → Junkers G 38 airliner ⓘ
linked to: Junkers G 38
D-2500 → aircraftFamily → Junkers G 38 ⓘ