All-metal aircraft (Junkers J 1 and F 13)
Avión totalmente metálico (Junkers J 1 y F 13)
- Date
- 1915-1919 · confidence high
- Place
- Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
- Credited to
- Hugo Junkers
- Field
- Movement
What it is
The Junkers J 1 (1915) was the first aircraft of fully metal construction, a low-wing monoplane with sheet skin, and the F 13 (1919) the first metal airliner, with an enclosed cabin, which stayed in service for decades.
The J 1 flew on 12 December 1915 at Döberitz; the F 13 was built in Dessau.
What it led to
- airliners with aluminium structure, standard from the 1930s
- pioneer airlines in Latin America using the F 13, such as SCADTA