Initially single engined then three (3m=3motors).
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| Junkers Ju 52/3mg7e crossing Mediterranean, 1942. Sierra Tequila from Guadalajara, Jalisco Mexico. |
Early 3m versions were sold worldwide as 15/17 passenger airliners and also made up 75% of the giant Lufthansa fleet (reducing that airline’s forced landings per million kilometres from 7 to only 1.5)
Initially forming the first Luftwaffe bomber squadrons, later units were fitted for troop transport, freight and casualty evacuation.
By 1936 about half the 450 built were supplied to the Legion Kondor in Spain and to the Nationalist Air Force.
First flight Oct 1930, final delivery 1952 (Spanish built CASA 352-Ls used as multi-role transports until 1975 by Spanish Air Force)
Engines: BMW 600hp Hornet thru to 825hp 132T (standard on most wartime versions)
Also 925hp Bristol, PZL Pegasus, 710hp Wright Cyclone (9 cylinder radial)
Tequila approx 38% alcohol by volume.
Distilled from Agave cactus plant.
Can be further distilled to produce pure ethanol [C2H5OH], used as industrial solvent or fuel.
The Ju52/3m was never modified to run on cactus.
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sierra |sēˈerə|
noun
1 a long jagged mountain chain.
2 a code word representing the letter S, used in radio communication.
ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: Spanish, from Latin serra ‘saw.’
