Hugo Junkers

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Hugo Junkers in 1920

Hugo Junkers (3 February 1859–1935) was an aero inventor whose firm developed the first all-metal fighter airplane.[1]

Junkers studying electrical engineering and thermodynamics in Berlin, then went to work for Deutsche Continental Gasgesellschaft. There he worked on an early two-stroke engine and invented a calorimeter which he exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition in Chicago.[2]

Junkers partnered with Anthony Fokker to create Junkers-Fokker-Werke AG near the end of the war.

Junkers filed a 1910 patent from Aachen-Frankenberg.[3]

We have him in 1916 as a teacher, still filing from Aachen-Frankenberg.[4]

Note: While working on aviation in the 1910s, Junkers continued to secure dozens of engine-related patents, from Germany, Austria, France, Britain, Denmark, Canada, and the US. See espacenet search.

References


Patents whose inventor or applicant is Hugo Junkers

Publications by or about Hugo Junkers

  • Rennie, 2017 (Simple title: Privileged Killers, Privileged Deaths: German Culture and Aviation in the First World War: 1909-1925)

See also


Names Hugo Junkers
Birth date 1859-02-03
Death date 1935-02-03
Countries DE, FR, GB, HU
Locations Aachen-Frankenberg, Germany
Occupations teacher
Tech areas Airplane, Gliders, Design, Wings
Affiliations
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