12 Facts About Hugo Junkers

Hugo Junkers was a German aircraft engineer and aircraft designer who pioneered the design of all-metal airplanes and flying wings.

Hugo Junkers's multi-engined, all-metal passenger and freight planes helped establish airlines in Germany and around the world.

Hugo Junkers was one of the main sponsors of the Bauhaus movement and facilitated the move of the Bauhaus from Weimar to Dessau in 1925.

When Hugo Junkers declined, the Nazis placed him under house arrest in 1934 and eventually seized control of his patents and company.

Hugo Junkers was born in Rheydt in the Prussian Rhine Province, the son of a wealthy industrialist.

Hugo Junkers personally introduced the calorimeter at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, where it was awarded a gold medal.

Hugo Junkers had a wind tunnel built and invented a hydraulic brake.

Hugo Junkers had far-sighted ideas of metal aeroplanes and flying wings, but the necessities of the war held him back.

Hugo Junkers produced a two-seat monoplane fighter, the Junkers CL.

Airlines where Hugo Junkers played a pivotal role in early phases of their development include Deutsche Luft Hansa and Lloyd Aereo Boliviano.

Hugo Junkers was placed under house arrest in 1934 and died on the 3rd of February 1935.

Hugo Junkers is mainly known in connection with aircraft bearing his name.