Talk:Junkers Ju 49

Name
If anyone knows how to change the article name, Junkers Ju 49 (not Ju.49) would be in line with our usual Junkers style. Sorry!TSRL (talk) 09:43, 7 January 2009 (UTC)


 * Found out how to do, and done.TSRL (talk) 10:09, 8 January 2009 (UTC)

Pressurised and other high flyers
Ian Dunster has quite reasonably added the Bristol 138 to the "comparable", and as a high flyer it was. There are some others of that kind. Several went higher than the Ju 49. What (I think) was special about the Ju 49 was the cockpit environment produced by the pressurised cabin. Pressurised cabin, not pressurised suit was clearly the way forward for routine high altitude flight.

I note the article on the Lockheed XC-35, which had a pressurised cabin like the Ju 49s claims it as the first pressurised aircraft, but unless I'm missing something the Ju 49 ante-dates the XC-35 by at least 3 years, or 5 if you go by first flight dates.TSRL (talk) 19:59, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I modified the Lockheed XC-35 article to reflect the Ju 49's status as the first pressurized aircraft (to my knowledge).Ratsbew (talk) 23:17, 15 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I've just come across a relevant record, in Jackson's de Havilland aircraft since 1909 (1978), p108-9 of a USA built DH9A (aka USD-9A) which was modified with a pressurised pilot's compartment of riveted steel plates. First flown 1921-6-8, this may well be the first pressurised aircraft.  I'll look for more detail.TSRL (talk) 13:28, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
 * There is a piece at http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=734. Date and place are as Jackson, the pilot's name is not. Jackson says "Art" Smith, and does not give any flight details.  Why no more flights?TSRL (talk) 13:43, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * There is also a section in Boyle's book http://books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=1574883682... p17-18 that tells a similar story with less melodrama. Apparently Smith was to have made the flight but Harris had to stand in at the last moment.  Again, no explanation of why they gave up.TSRL (talk) 14:07, 27 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the great link TSRL! For some strange reason I am curious about the origins of pressurized flight. Over the course of my research the the title of first has gone from the Boeing 307 to the XC-35 then to the JU 49 and now finally to the DH9A. I think that my question may have finally been answered (after ~2 years). Ratsbew (talk) 16:29, 29 April 2009 (UTC)