Pfettenplan Junkers Ju 287 V3
Drawing of the metal sheets for the fuselage of the third prototype for the
Junkers Ju 287 jet bomber.
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Cockpit design
Junkers Ju 287 V3 (Ju 288 V203)
Early layout for the cockpit for the third
prototype of the Luftwaffe jet bomber,
showing similarity to the Ju 388 design.
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Production Problems
Junkers Ju 287
Five drawings highlighting problems
in the production of the Ju 287.
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Drawings from the
Junkers EF 131 manual
Five drawings with details of the
Russian version of the Junkers jet
bomber. Reconstructed with pen
and ink from low quality originals.
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3 versions of the
Heinkel He 343 jet bomber
In the last months of ww2, Heinkel
was working at protypes for a four
engined jet bomber and destroyer.
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Russian 3-view drawing
of the Junkers EF 131
Captured materials, documents
and staff from the Junkers works
were transported to the Soviet
Union in 1946. There the
Luftwaffe jet bomber Junkers
Ju 287 (now labeled Ef 131) was
flown.
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Russian 3-view drawing
of the Junkers EF 140
The Junkers EF 140 was the
reconnaissance version of the
Ju 287/EF 131 jet bomber
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Russian drawing of the
Junkers EF 140 interior
The Junkers EF 140 was the
reconnaissance version of the
Ju 287/EF 131 jet bomber. This
drawing shows interesting
construction details.
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First flight of Junkers Ju 287 V1
This entry in the weekly minutes of the
Luftwaffe’s test center Rechlin shows
the true date of the maiden flight of the
Junkers Ju 287 V1 prototype. In some
publications a wrong date is given.
Language: German
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Report of two flights with the
Junkers Ju 287 V1
Junkers testpilot Hans-Joachim
Pancherz describes his two flights with
the prototype of the Junkers jet bomber
Ju 287.
Language: German
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Russian 3-view drawings
of the Junkers EF 132
intercontinental jet bomber
The first version of this large
bomber was derived from the
Junkers Ju 287/EF 131 with forward
swept wings. The final design with
swept back wings eventually led to
the soviet Tupolev Tu-16 bomber.
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Junkers Lehrschau
The Junkers company had some kind of museum for educating its
staff and impressing visitors. The development of Junkers and its
inventions (for example the all-metal aircraft) are presented with
originals, models, photographs and drawings. The Lehrschau was
looted at the wars end and this book is the only way to visit this
unique exhibition today.
Language: German
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"Aircraft with two engines in tandem"
by Claude Dornier
patented: August 3rd, 1937
German Patent Office: 728044
Although flying boats of Dornier hat engines in
tandem since the first world war, this is the moment,
the fantastic Dornier Do 335 fighter was born.
Language: German
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"Wing for flying wing aircraft"
by Deutsche Versuchsanstalt fuer Luftfahrt
patented: July 1st, 1937
German Patent Office: 648122
The DVL at Berlin-Adlershof was definitely working in
1937 on the design of what was to become the
Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket fighter in 1941.
Language: German
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"aircraft with multiple engines"
by Richard Vogt
patented: May 16th, 1935
German Patent Office: 685480
The Blohm & Voss company was famous for
unorthodox aircraft designs. The asymmetrical
reconnaissance plane Bv 141 was first flown in
February 1938, but only 26 aircraft were produced.
Language: German
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"aircraft for high altitudes"
by Hugo Junkers
patented: July 3rd, 1930
German Patent Office: 578933
Multi engine arrangement for aircraft with a
pressurised cabin. This should prevent fragments of
a propeller from hitting the cabin.
Language: German
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"Flying wing aircraft"
by Paul Sajonz
patented: November 3rd, 1939
German Patent Office: 763796
A flying wing with two jet-like engines. An example
that jet-propulsion for aircraft was discussed in
aviation circles before the war.
Language: German
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Sweeping forward
Frederick A. Johnsen
337 pages, some pictures
Triggered by the design of the Junkers Ju 287,
attempts were made in the USA to adopt the forward
swept wing to modern aircraft. The most successful
aircraft was the Grumman X-29 portrait in this book.
A list of test flights between 1984 and 1992
completes a book on an important piece of
technological development in aviation.
Language: English
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Documents and Books - Page 01
If you would like to find out more about the history of the Junkers Ju 287:
The most advanced Jet-Bomber of the Luftwaffe
One of the world’s first aircraft designed with swept wings would have changed the air war in
1945 if the Luftwaffe had managed to deploy the Junkers Ju 287. Prototypes were built and
tested by the Luftwaffe in 1944/45 and in the USSR after the war.
Lots of photos, drawings, information, data and more than 6000 words give a detailed insight
into the development of this unique piece of aviation.
Uwe W. Jack in 1990 discovered documents that proved that all other publication to date on
this aircraft had been wrong. He met the chief test pilot of Junkers, who had flown the prototype
of the Ju 287 and got first-hand information on its behavior in the air. Uwe W. Jack shared his
knowledge liberally with other authors - but now publishes his version.
"Low-drag design of high-speed aircraft"
by Heinrich Hertel, Otto Frenzel, Werner Hempel
patented: March 21, 1944
German Patent Office: 932410
Junkers discovered during wind tunnel tests for the Ju 287,
that a special placement of egine nacelles or design of a
fuselage can reduce air drag.
Language: German
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Takeoff assistant rocket HWK 109-501
This rocket engine was used for flight tests with the Junkers Ju 287
prototype. The fuel is high-test peroxide. It decomposes into hot
steam and oxygen.
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