MIAMI – Today in Aviation, we celebrate the first flights of the Junkers Ju 52 (1932), the Antonov An-10 (1957), and the Yakovlev Yak-42 (1975).
The Junkers Ju 52/3m (also known as Tante Ju (“Aunt Ju”) and Iron Annie) is a German transport aircraft designed and manufactured by Junkers.
The Antonov An-10 (Russian: Aнтонов н-10; NATO reporting name: Cat) is a Soviet-designed four-engined turboprop passenger transport aircraft.
The Yakovlev Yak-42 (Russian: ковлeв к-42; NATO reporting name: “Clobber”) is a three-engined mid-range passenger jet with a capacity of 100/120 passengers. It was the Soviet Union’s first airliner to be powered by modern high-bypass turbofan engines.
JU Air Junkers Ju 52/3m HB/HOS in flight over Austria (July 2013). Photo: Bernd K – https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/7645461, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38112175