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Blended Wing Junkers G38 – Largest Land-based Commercial Passenger Aircraft of 1929
The Junkers G38, developed in the late 1920s, was the largest landplane in the world when it debuted in 1929. Two versions were built in Germany, flown by Lufthansa as luxury air liners. The massive wing had a span of 144.357 feet (44 meters) and was almost 2 meters thick. The first version included a pair of passenger cabins, and 'engine rooms' for mechanics to service the engine. It had a large fuel capacity and...
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