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The Flying Man [electronic resource] : Hugo Junkers and the Dream of Aviation / Richard Byers.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Centennial of flight series ; no. 20.Publication details: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2016]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (pages cm.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1623494648
  • 9781623494643
  • 1623494656
  • 9781623494650
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.7/62913334092 B 23
LOC classification:
  • TL540.J8 B94 2016
Online resources:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

"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.

Text in Gujarati.

Description based on print version record.

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