Junkers W 34
The Junkers W 34 was a single-engine low-wing monoplane of Junkers aircraft factory AG and a more motorized version of the Junkers W 33 From the outset, the machine was provided in addition to the freight aviation for passenger and school operations.
Description
In the W 34 first cabin for five passengers and a pilot was set up, later it was also available for two pilots with dual controls. A more sophisticated variant was the Junkers Ju 46
The W 34 was exported to many countries; inter alia, in the Republic of China, Spain, Canada, New Guinea, Norway, Sweden and South Africa.
A W 34 be/b3e presented on May 26, 1929, 12739 m absolute altitude flight record. The aircraft with the registration D -1119 was powered by a Bristol Jupiter VII engine. Pilot was Frederick W. Neuenhofen.
The aircraft was manufactured in a wide number of different versions. A total of about 100 aircraft were delivered for civilian purposes. But addition there were 2024 pieces of designs and hi hau, which were built by several licensing companies commissioned by the RLM for the Air Force. The unit price ranged 65000-70400 RM.
Involved in the production were:
In the W 34 hi: Junkers (105) Henschel (430) ATG ( 94), Dornier Wismar ( 58), HFB (69) and Weser (221).
In the W 34 hau: Henschel (329), Arado Brandenburg ( 205) ATG ( 105) Dornier Wismar ( 93), HFB (192) and MIAG Brunswick (73). (In brackets are the respective numbers ).
On 31 January 1944, the Air Force still 618 W 34 and 516 hi hau in operation, most of them in schools.
Development and Versions
The following variants were built, among other things:
- W 34 a: a Gnôme -Rhône engine with 331 kW
- Maximum speed: approx 190 km / h
- Wingspan: about 17.75 m
- Length: about 11.10 m
- W 34 be: a Gnôme -Rhône engine with 375 kW
- Maximum speed: approx 230 km / h
- Wingspan: about 17.75 m
- Length: about 10.70 m
- W 34 be/b3e: a Bristol Jupiter VII engine with 441 kW
- Was only used for the attack on the altitude record
- W 34 ci: a Pratt & Whitney Hornet engine with 405 kW
- Maximum speed: approx 245 km / h
- Cabin window
- W 34 di: how W34 ci, engine, however, made by BMW under license.
- W 34 f: a Gnôme -Rhône engine with 331 kW
- Maximum speed: approx 190 km / h
- Wingspan: about 18.48 m
- Length: about 11.10 m
- Executed driver's seat closed
- Modified extended ailerons
- Built partly with side hatch for export
- W 34 f: Experimental aircraft with floats
- W 34 fa: Export version, Passenger Equipment
- W 34 abil: Export version
- W 34 fo: Export version, Pratt & Whitney R -1340 engine
- W 34 fy: Engine Armstrong Siddeley Panther
- W 34 fao: Siemens Sh 20 with 397 kW
- Only one copy for trials with an autopilot
- W 34 fei: 441 kW Siemens Sh 20 U
- Only one copy of attempts later converted to a float plane
- W 34 fue: Pratt & Whitney Hornet engine, later upgraded to a float plane.
- W 34 fi: 405 kW Hornet engine
- Either Pratt & Whitney or under license from BMW
- Wingspan: 18.48 m
- Length: 10,27 m
- Maximum speed: approx 260 km / h
- Next to the closed cockpit and cabin windows and low pressure tires were used here
- W 34 gi: with 405 kW BMW Hornet, 1933 a copy for experiments
- W 34 hi: BMW 132A / E with 485 kW
- For 6 passengers
- Improved radio and Peilfunkausrüstung
- Was mainly used by the Air Force for pilot and board design Funke Education
- W 34 hau: hi how, but Bramo 322 H with 526 kW
- Was mainly used by the Air Force for pilot and board design Funke Education
Aircraft received
An obtained Junkers W 34 (CF - ATF) is located in the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa.
Another W 34 (FAC 407) of German manufacturing is located in the Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano ( MAECO ) of the Colombian Air Force in the military part of the airport CATAM Bogotá and came to Colombia in 1932.