Title The Flying Man Hugo Junkers and the Dream of Aviation / Richard Byers

Edition First edition Published College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (pages cm.) Series Centennial of flight ; number twenty Centennial of flight series ; no. 20. Contents Preface: Dessau: the city in green -- Introduction -- The war years, 1914-1918 -- The Russian affair, 1918-1924 -- Diverging paths, 1921-1926 -- On the edge, 1927-1932 -- Twilight and eclipse, 1932-1935 Summary "Hugo Junkers (1859-1935) was a German engineer and aircraft designer generally credited as the pioneer of all-metal airplanes. His company, Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG, more commonly referred to simply as "Junkers," became a major German aircraft manufacturer based in Dessau. From humble beginnings producing boilers and radiators, by World War II the company was producing some of the most successful Luftwaffe planes, including the Ju 88, the primary bomber of the German air force. Hugo Junkers himself, however, was a socialist pacifist who saw aviation as a way to unify the world. Soon after the Nazi party came to power in 1933, Junkers was forced to surrender his patents, found his holdings seized by the state, and was placed under house arrest. He died in 1935, a "tortured genius" exiled from his life's work but, perhaps fortunately, spared from seeing his inventions destructively unleashed across Europe. No scholarly biography of Junkers has been published to date. Author Richard Byers now fills that void with this compelling narrative of a man and his machines. The Flying Man: Hugo Junkers and the Dream of Aviation is a contribution not only to the history of aviation but also adds to our understanding of the consolidation of power in Germany's march toward World War II."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Text in Gujarati Description based on print version record Subject Junkers, Hugo, 1859-1935. SUBJECT Junkers, Hugo, 1859-1935 fast Subject Junkers Motorenbau GmbH -- History Junkers-Flugzeugwerk AG -- History Junkers Flugzeug- und -Motorenwerke AG -- History SUBJECT Junkers Motorenbau GmbH fast Junkers-Flugzeugwerk AG fast Junkers Flugzeug- und -Motorenwerke AG fast Subject Aircraft industry -- Germany -- Dessau (Dessau) -- History -- 20th century Junkers airplanes -- History Aeronautical engineers -- Germany -- Biography History / Military / World War Ii. Biography & Autobiography / Business. Biography & Autobiography / Military. Aeronautical engineers Aircraft industry Junkers airplanes Politics and government SUBJECT Germany -- Politics and government -- 1918-1933. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85054639 Subject Germany Germany -- Dessau (Dessau) Genre/Form Electronic books Biographies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2016024063 ISBN 1623494648 9781623494643 1623494656 9781623494650

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