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Hugo Junkers: Quick Facts

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Born February 3, 1859 • Germany
Died February 3, 1935 (aged 76) • Germany

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Junkers, Hugo
German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber in flight, viewed from below at an angle, with swastika insignia visible on the tail against a cloudy sky.
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Messerschmitt, 1941
Willy Messerschmitt
German engineer
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Ernst Heinrich Heinkel
German aircraft designer
Andrey N. Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer, 1968.
Andrey Nikolayevich Tupolev
Soviet aircraft designer
John Knudsen Northrop, American aeronautical designer, 1949.
John Knudsen Northrop
American engineer
Donald Douglas, 1970
Donald Douglas
American aircraft designer
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Geoffrey de Havilland
British aircraft designer
Bell, Lawrence
Lawrence Dale Bell
American aircraft designer
Focke-Wulf Fw 190, German fighter plane of World War II.
Kurt Tank
German aircraft designer and test pilot
Dornier, Claudius
Claudius Dornier
German engineer
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Wilbur Wright
American aviator
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Orville Wright
American aviator
A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.
Igor Sikorsky
American engineer
Louis Blériot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.
Louis Blériot
French aviator
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Sir Barnes Wallis
British military engineer
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Marcel Dassault
French industrialist
Farman, Henri
Henri Farman
French aircraft manufacturer
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Clyde Vernon Cessna
American aviator and manufacturer
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Louis-Charles Bréguet
French aircraft builder
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Soviet aircraft designer
Maurice Farman, 1909
Maurice Farman
French aircraft designer and manufacturer