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Junkers Takes Wraps Off of More-authentic A50 Heritage

Airplane features a radial engine and analog cockpit gauges

Junkers A50 Heritage — The Junkers A50 Heritage unveiled at the 2024 Sun 'n Fun Aerospace Expo is a more authentic version of the airplane that company founder Hugo Junkers first flew in 1929. © David McIntosh/AIN

By Chad Trautvetter • Online Editor

April 11, 2024

Junkers Aircraft revealed the A50 Heritage, a more authentic version of the A50 Junior that company founder Hugo Junkers first flew 95 years ago, on Wednesday at the 2024 Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo. The company unveiled the Rotax-powered A50 Junior at Sun’ n Fun 2023 but, after having to redesign the nose and cowling for the modern piston engine, felt it “was not faithful to the architect’s original form,” according to Junkers marketing manager and company pilot Marshall Haglund.

So the company went back to the drawing board to develop and build the A50 Heritage that is on display this week at the airshow. Haglund said with this corrugated aluminum aircraft “we have meticulously captured the essence of Hugo Junkers’ imaginative and original design,” specifically noting its Scarlett 7U radial engine, authentic two-piece glass windscreens, and analog-gauge panel.

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