Junkers Ju 60

Crew: Two pilots
Capacity: Six passengers
Length: 11.84 m (38 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 14.30 m (46 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 34.0 m 2 (366 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,040 kg (4,490 lb)
Gross weight: 3,100 kg (6,820 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×<a href="/mt/?noimg=&amp;dark=on&amp;url=https%3a%2f%2fen.m.wikipedia.org%2fwiki%2fSiemens_Sh_20" title="Siemens Sh 20">Siemens Sh 20 , 470 kW (630 hp)

TheJunkers Ju 60 was a single engineairliner built inprototype form inGermany in the early 1930s. It was designed to meet a requirement issued by theReichsverkehrsministerium (Reich Transport Ministry) for a German-built equivalent to theLockheed Vega with which to equipDeutsche Luft Hansa. The result was a sleek,cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration, with wings skinned in the corrugatedduralumin that had been a hallmark of Junkers designs up to this time, although this would be the last Junkers aircraft to have this feature. The main units of thetailwheel undercarriage were retractable.

Ju 60

Role	Airliner
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Junkers Flugzeugwerke
Designer	Herman Pohlmann^[1]
First flight	8 November 1932
Number built	2 (plus a one more partially constructed)

The Ju 60 was evaluated byDeutsche Luft Hansa against theHeinkel He 70. With the latter able to demonstrate a top speed 75 km/h (47 mph) better than the Ju 60, development of the Junkers design was halted before the thirdprototype had been completed. The two examples that had already been constructed eventually saw service with theLuftwaffe asliaison aircraft until 1942. The work done on the design would later form the basis of theJu 160.