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"Good old aunty Ju"
Junkers Ju 52 / 3m (1937)
The opening of airmail service to South America in 1934, exploratory flights to the Far East and the Pamir expedition in 1937 with the famous Ju-52 bearing the D-ANOY call letters remain legendary exploits in the annals of aviation.
Crossing the Pamir mountains
This three-propeller aircraft was presented to the public as a rebuilt replica of the historic Junkers Ju 52 with the call letters D-ANOY and the name “Rudolf von Thüna”. With this aircraft Carl August Freiherr von Gablenz, a passionate aviator and Lufthansa board member, became the first pilot in the world to cross the Pamir mountain range.
Memoirs of an aviation pioneer
The Herbig publishing house in Munich has published a new edition of Pamirflug, the memoirs by the pilot von Gablenz on his legendary flight. In addition to the exciting stories by the pilot, the book contains contributions from two directors of Munich Airport, Willi Hermsen and Wulf Diether Graf zu Castell. Castell was still an active captain with Lufthansa in 1937 and was involved in the search for the Ju 52 D-ANOY, which was missing for a time.
"Freunde der historischen Flugzeuge"
The accurate reconstruction of the historic aircraft in the Munich Airport Visitors Park was made possible through the involvement of 20 former Lufthansa staffers and Munich Airport employees. They also restored the Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, which is also on display in the Visitors Park.
Tour the cockpit and cabin!
In the aircraft cabin you can listen to excerpts from von Gablenz’s memoirs and the reminiscences of other aviation legends. Among the historic figures whose words are heard in these audio documents are Wulf Diether Graf zu Castell, Elly Beinhorn, Hans Bertram, Wolfgang von Gronau and Hermann Köhl.
