List of airworthy Ju 52

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At the moment there are eight airworthy Junkers Ju 52 worldwide.

Owner Registration Version Homebase Remarks
Ju-Air HB-HOP/HOT/HOS Ju 52/3m g4e Dübendorf Air Base (near Zürich)/Switzerland former A-701/702/703 of Swiss Air Force, original BMW-engines
Ju-Air HB-HOY CASA 352L usually Mönchengladbach/Germany or Dübendorf Air Base/Switzerland now fitted with original BMW-engines, was on public display at Düsseldorf Airport/Germany before as D-CIAK
Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung D-CDLH Ju 52/3m Hamburg in historic Lufthansa colors as D-AQUI (the livery this plane wore in 1936), P&W-engines, now with 3-blades propellers, till 1984 known as Iron Annie N52JU
South African Airways Historic Flight ZS-AFA CASA 352 Swartkop/South Africa bought from England in 1984 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of South African Airways
Commemorative Air Force N352JU CASA 352L Gary Regional Airport/Indiana/United States near Chicago operated by 'The Great Lakes Wing' of 'Commemorative Air Force', P&W-engines, fitted with 3-blades propellers
Amicale J.B. Salis F-AZJU CASA 352 Cerny/La Ferté Alais near Paris/France restoration finished in 2003

[edit] The oldest airworthy JU52

The Lufthansa Ju 52/3m D-AQUI "Tempelhof"
The Lufthansa Ju 52/3m D-AQUI "Tempelhof"
  • Produced in 1936, with Ser. No. 5489 and given Reg. D-AQUI Fritz Simon.
  • Confiscated by the German Army 1940. Given the old D-AQUI registration but named Kurt Wintgens.
  • After the war, the Allied returned it to its former owners, DNL. Registered as LN-KAF Askeladden it served on the Norwegian coast Tromsø - Kirkenes from February 1948 until 1956. Parked at Oslo Airport, Fornebu for one year.
  • Sold to Transportes Aereos Orientales in Ecuador, New Registration HB-ABS Amazonas. Taken out of service in 1963 and left at Quito Airport for six years.
  • Bought by a former American Air Force pilot, Lester Weaver for $ 52,500. Given registry N130LV, but American authorities certified her only as "experimental".
  • In 1975 an American writer, Martin Caidin bought it for $150.000. Christened it Iron Annie. Register N52JU. It was used at Air Shows.
  • Lufthansa acquired it in December 1984: It was flown to Hamburg via Greenland, Iceland and England. After a year it took to the air again.

The official registration painted under the tail is D-CDLH. The old registration D-AQUI is painted on the wings. The aircraft's name is now Tempelhof.