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Zimmermann, Wilhelm( *
24. Feb. 1897
29. Mar. 1956
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1919 - ????
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Wilhelm Zimmermann was one of the early Junkers pilots. He flew first the Junkers J15 on 25.01.1921, the Junkers K16 and the Junkers T23 on 04.09.1923, the on 21.07.1923, the Junkers G24 passenger airliner on 19.09.1924, the Junkers W33 on 17.06.1926, the Junkers W34 on 07.07.1926, the Junkers G38 on 06.11.1929, on 11.09.30 the Junkers Ju52/1m. Zimmermann achieved a new speed, distance and duration record with a Junkers G38 D-2000 on 10.04.1930 with 5000kg payload. He achieved an average speed of 184.5 km/hrs over 100 km distance and 172.9 km/hrs over a distance of 500 km. The total flight distance of 501.6km was also a new world record with such a payload, as well as the flight time of 3 hrs and 2 minutes. Six years later Zimmermann crashed with the same aircraft during a maintenance test flight in May 1936 during which the G38 was destroyed. Zimmermann escaped from this accident alive.
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Zindel, Ernst( *
21. Mar. 1897
10. Oct. 1978
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1920 - 1945
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Ernst Zindel joint the Junkers Flugzeugwerke on October, 1st, 1920. He was engaged in the contruction departement under Otto Reuter. Ernst Zindel became the chief designer of Junkers Flugzeugwerke after the death of Otto Reuter in 1922. Officially he was appointed as manager of the development departement of IFA in 1927. In 1932 he became manager of the construction office of IFA. Most of the Junkers designs between 1922 and 1933 were designed by Zindel, sometimes with the support of Mader, sometimes with the support of Hugo Junkers himself, i.e. the G38. His most famous design was the Ju52, which Zindel designed in 1930/31. He was also responsible for the designs of Junkers J21, the passenger aircraft Junkers G24
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