As the availability of new scenery and aircraft add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator (MFS) via its Marketplace continues to accelerate, we take the opportunity to review an Asobo release of a historic classic of the 1930s, the Junkers Ju 52.
As the availability of new scenery and aircraft add-ons for Microsoft Flight Simulator (MFS) via its Marketplace continues to accelerate, we take the opportunity to review an Asobo release of a historic classic of the 1930s, the Junkers Ju 52.
A classic and innovative aircraft
One of the signs of a ‘classic’ aircraft is how well it is recognised today. The Ju 52 certainly fits the bill with its distinctive corrugated duralumin skin material and the tri-motor engine configuration. Design commenced in 1930 and within two years, both the design and engine testing was complete and they were beginning to fly commercially with airlines in Europe and South America.
Capable of carrying two crew and up to 17 passengers, it hosted a range of cutting-edge features with perhaps the aforementioned duralumin outer skin being the most significant. Despite Junkers having created this skin design many years before, with it first making an appearance in 1917, it was…