How to fly the Junkers Ju 52 Airplane - Inside the Cockpit 

I flew over greater Johannesburg in the 80’s in our once pristine ZS-AFA ex SAA JU52 - the smell, sound and view over the huge corrugated wing with the obvious engine fuel gauge stalks and the crew working furiously throughout the approach, pumping and turning wheels and getting up then sitting down again, it was an amazing experience now quite rare since she’s now relegated to a museum, brought back to me vividly by this video... so thanks.

In 1992 I had the pleasure of meeting an elderly German couple. Hans spoke of being a JU 52 pilot flying resupply missions to North Africa. Wonderful conversation and happy for it.

A masterpiece of German engineering

Look at all that beautiful countryside. All those humble little villages, hamlets & towns. It's like the two Great Wars never even happened there. ❤

Without question...the best flight video which I have ever watched, it is simply superb!

I happened on this video and my mind went immediately to Stalingrad. I flew into Gumrak airfield near Volgograd two summers ago on a historical tour and also read much of the final evacuations of the wounded in 1942 as the Russians closed in on the Kessel during the dead of winter. That, plus being a former AF pilot, combined to make this more than just a pleasant aerial sojourn over southern Germany. Thank you for the touch of history.

The Ju-52 is just such an amazing aircraft. I had the privilege to experience it in oberschleißheim this year, and it was one of the best experiences i've ever had. The sound of the engines and the flight characteristics are just completely unique and so beautiful.

I love the bmw emblem at the yoke like in every bmw car

"Get in nerd, we're gonna drop paratroopers over Crete."

My uncle who has since passed away, was good friends with a pilot who flew the Junkers Ju 52 during the war. He had carried Adolf Hitler around. One day, as they were coming in on opproach, the aircraft came under allied fire, and they had to ditch the plane near the edge of a forest. years later, the aircraft , was found, rebuilt, and flown to an airshow in upstate New York. I have that airshow book , with the pilots signature in it. Thanks for the video! Looks like an awesome ride !!

Great video! I love the JU 52. Amazing plane. I flew also on this HB-HOS. Cheers!

Wonderful! That`s the real feeling of being airborne in a video. In my life I had twice the chance to do the same up to now!

Beautiful airplane, beautiful landscape. Thanks!

Three were flown to PNG 1950’s VH BUU VH BUV VH BUW I’m 71 and flew in them often from Madang Goroka. Near wet myself when left alone in cockpit for early morning run up sat 11yrs old. Many times watched them return on only two engines (Pratt & Whitney conversions) Great to fly. Again in your video thanks. Nicko

Wonderful! Always been a favourite of mine, Great views from the driving seat.... ACE !

Awesome video Rainer! If I ever get a Junkers Ju 52, I'm ready to go now lol. Thumbs up! Cheers, Bob

Great advertisement for BMW motors. Love those air cooled radials.

Gorgeous scenery! Love the plane too. A very nice example. It was such a nice day, I would have thought the guys would hang their elbows out the windows. Wonderful vid - thanks for sharing.

I got to fly the CAF JU52 years ago. Crosscountry and airshows were great adventures. Perhaps the most fun of any aircraft in the CAF fleet other than fighters. The '"office" in this one appears to be beautifully restored.

Vielen Dank für diese Einladung um mit die Tante Ju in die Cockpit mit zu vliegen. Das wunderbare Gesumm von die 3 Motoren ! Herzliche Grüßen aus Antwerpen, Roger :-)

Really great perspective . Thanks guys.fantastic.

I remember when i was a kid, i used to see this wonderfull plane, droping parachutists ( training ) near my town ( ENTRONCAMENTO ) in Portugal and it was from an air base - BASE Aérea 3 TANCOS - in the center of my country. All the kids was crazy when we saw this magnificent "BIRD". My phather- in- law, Sargeant José Pereira Ribeiro, was the engineer in a JU 82 crew. Thank you very much for this awesome video.

Wunderschönes Video, erste Sahne, kein unnötiges Gelaber. Er komt rüber, der Moment in dem du spürst, das Luft trägt, fliegen pur ! In diesem Jahr war ich noch bei LH im Ausbilddungszentrum in Frankfurt, wegen der neuen 747 - 8, ich liebe den Jumbo, aber was für ein Unterschied, beeindrukend.

Such a beautiful sounding aircraft and cockpit.

War sehr Interessant die Instrumente zu Beobachten während des Starts ,Flug und Landung! Vielen Dank!

Well done gentlemen, thank you for sharing. Greetings from France.

Was für ein geiler sound, ich werd wahnsinnig xD ^^

Wunderschön. Das ist halt noch Fliegen. Hatte 1978 den PPL in Kempten-Durach/Allgäu gemacht. Leider habe ich ihn nicht mehr, zu wenig Flugstunden. Einer meiner Lehrer war ein alter Herr, Herr Müller, der im WK II die JU 52 geflogen ist. Und wenn ich das Video hier so sehe, dann kommt mir das ein bisschen vor wie damals auch die Flugstunden mit der Piper PA 18. Man hat die Bewegungen genau gespürt und hat noch mit den Händen gemerkt, was da in der Luft mit dem Flugzeug vor sich geht. Das schöne Knattern der Motoren hört sich einfach wunderbar an und man sieht auch hier im Video, wie die Piloten noch manuell und mit viel Gefühl jeden Handgriff machen und wie die Maschine reagiert. Das hat mit Videos aus dem Cockpit eines modernen Flugzeugs nicht viel gemeinsam. Danke fürs Hochladen.

I got a chance to go inside a Ju-52 at Philly International Airport back in the late 80’s. It was flying under Lufthansa. Great experience.

Tolles Video. ..absolut Klasse. Ich hatte vor einigen Jahren die Ehre in genau dieser Ju einen Flug von Dübendorf aus zu machen. Ein absolut unvergessliches Erlebniss. Danke für das Video. Allzeit guten Flug!!

This is the best flight simulator I have ever seen. The graphics look so real.

wow, that shiny bmw logo were historically accurate ! I'm impressed, after seeing so many faded BMW emblem on the road...

I watched all of them , very professional.Compliments. Im cameraman and i work as war corespondent in all over the conclict teritories for 23 years. But my intress is much more second WW. Bless you.

i had the honor myself to fly with it. one of the greatest moments of my life

Great video.......love the BMW logo!!So cool!

Junkers ju 52s were among best transport aircraft ever fine combat record during ww2 most well known for battle of Crete in 1941

wonderful to see the legendary Aunt Ju flying again thrust by 3 German engineering masterpieces = BMW engines

The BMW logo 😍

really worth watching - thank you!

Very 👍 I saw the one on display in Dayton and could not believe how small they are, same with the ju 88

Thanks for share this wonderfull video . I really enjoyed

Mit Junkers erkannt, wie schön ist das Land!

Very cool plane! 👍👍👍

What a beautiful old lady with the BMW logo's, many people do not realise this is where the BMW car badge originates frommafter WW2.

Been on a pleasure flight with exactly this aircraft a couple of years ago, take off speed was 85 mph (!), felt like far beyond the law of physics

Beautiful, I repeat betetween min. 4' & 5' the song of this engines

Super Video .

Thanks for the video, i can fly a plane now

Klasse Video über die Tante Ju !

Look at all the BMW logos

Super, als Segelflieger kenne ich den Platz und die JU fasziniert sowie so alt und jung! Prima! Weitter so!

very nice the Sound of motors

Alleswasspassmacht -- Great video, thanks for posting! It definitely hat spass macht for me! :-)

no prop govs? and is the manifold pressure gauge right from the pilot´s altimeter?

Great video! Thanks.

Danke für diesen tollen Film !!! 👋😍😍😍👍

FANTASTIC.

I can only imagine what it must have sounded like, and the smell just before paratroopers jumped from the aircraft, brave men in ALL of the forces ... they were just soldiers, after all, bless their souls!

Bekommt man einen guten Eindruck von dieser schönen Maschine.

Somewhere up there Hugo Junker is smiling that his hopes for his planes to service in commercial and transportation lives on,

Obrigado. Tenho 2.500 horas no JU 52. Foi bom recordar. Obrigado

I have loved flying since the wheels lifted off the ground on the very first Cessna I ever got a ride in as a little kid in 1971. A year later, I got my own stick time in a Taylorcraft BC-12. I have always preferred flight in an aircraft with real character and charm, and yes, even sometimes a little of what today's generations might call 'discomfort'. A sardine-packed, amenity-poor flight on a tubeliner these days (and no offense intended to my former Alaska Airlines Captain brother-in-law) lacks any of the charm of even early flights on Boeing 727s, Douglas DC-9s, and the glorious B-747 I spent the better part of two days on in an overlong deployment in the Air Force. Give me a flight on a plane with "round engines" any day. I've flown aboard a Ford Tri-Motor, the elder brother to the superb Ju-52/3m. I can only hope one day to get a ride on this find old bird. My compliments to the operators and company backers of the glorious Tanta Ju. That's what Golden Age flying is all about.

14:06 these 3 red lamps flickering are showing low fuel or low oil pressure due to low rpm ?

Awesome :) thats an NICE bird :)

What is the co-pilot pumping/cranking on the final approach? The trim wheels don't seem to require anything like that kind of cranking to adjust them, and there are no landing gear to manually lower. Yet I can see him pumping or cranking something for a while. The pneumatic system is pressurized by the engines, isn't it?

Love that plane. What was it with the copilot bouncing his head back and forth for?

Interesting approach

Funktioniert die Klappensteuerung mit Seilen oder Hydraulisch? Ist es das Rad neben dem Sitz?🤔

Awesome sound!

Awesome Video

TOP Video !!!!

takeoff at barely 1800RPM... that's so JUnique. :D beautiful video!

A gorgeous girl and those engines play beautiful music!

Jest piekna!! JU.

Look at her. Purring like a kitten. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Best WW2 Airplane Sim ever. From the 4K graphics, down to the shakey camera angles, very immersive. On a side note, that Garmin GPS looks a little out of place.

Einfach Genial deine Videos. Rainer The Best

Awesome!

Cool stuff

14:40 What is that control just above the pilot's hand on the throttles? The one with the red button in the middle, and the red and yellow switches arranged around it?

Gotta Love these REAL airplanes.

What’s the name of the aircraft lining up after ju 52?

Super!

Can someone help me what is that cylinder tube with the red thing in it fuild with fluid that sits behind the nose engine on this plane

What does the cabin look like?

Super! Thank you very much for this video recording!

I enjoyed the flight. I like the view, but my interest in the instrument cluster during the flight could have been more visible. The panorama for me could share equal time with views of the instrument cluster especially during landing and changing course through turns and altitude changes. All that said I appreciate the flight and great piloting.

I love the kick start

Magnifique superbe 🤩

Love the bmw steering wheels

It always amazes me only about 35 years from the wright brothers flying a piece of cloth and a wooden stick to the junker and another decade to jet flight that's progress.

Great!

Wunderbar :)

Is there a braking mechanism on these planes or do you let their weight ( and turning the engine RPM down) and inertia do the trick? And that wheel their turning; is that the flaps?

Il vient de s'écrase dans les Alpes suisse du moins le même modèle. Vidéo très fidèle des derniers instants.

i can remember this old bird from an airshow in my country norway many years ago but that ju 52 didn't have the standard ju 52 engine some newer engines and it had german markings

amazing

Iron Annie will carry anything you can fit through the door. Land and takeoff in under a 1000' of grass, mud, snow, or two feet of water.

It was not known as an "airplane", but as an AEROPLANE! Also, note that most Ju-52s that still fly are C.A.S.A. versions built under licence by the Spaniards, using Spanish Hispano radial motors that are hard to distinguish from their BMW counterparts.

Tante Ju. What a machine.