| Aircraft | |
|---|---|
| Registration / Serial: | D-CDLH |
| Alternate Registration: | D-AQUI |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Junkers Ju 52 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Junkers Ju 52 |
| Aircraft Version: | Junkers Ju 52/3m g8e |
| C/n (msn): | 130714 |
| Display Paint: | Deutsche Luft Hansa |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Cologne / BonnMap |
| Country: | Germany |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: EDDK IATA: CGN Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 13 August 2017 |
| Photo by: | Aad van der Voet |
| Photo ID: | 70519 |
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This old Junkers' career started in 1943 for the Luftwaffe. Rebuilt as a composite airframe in Feb 1947 (fuselage of c/n 130714, wings of c/n 5489 LN-KAF (ex D-AQUI) and c/n 2982 NO+IO). In Feb 1948 the resulting aircraft was fitted with floats and again registered to DNL as LN-KAF "Askeladden". To Ecuador as HC-ABS in 1957. Rescued by Lester Weaver in 1969, and flown as N130LW. To Martin Caidin in Mar 1975, flying as N52JU "Iron Annie", then to Paul Rosen in Aug 1981. On 28 Dec 1984 it came back to West Germany, and on 1 Apr 1986, after restoration to original condition, it started a new flying career that was still continuing at the time of this photo, 31 years later. Unfortunately this great aircraft was permanently wfu in Aug 2018. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 13 July 2018, and has since been viewed 573 times. |