Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld
Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld was a German aviation pioneer and initiator of the first transatlantic aeroplane flight from East to West.
Freiherr von Hünefeld
The Bremen after the transatlantic crossing
The Junkers W 33 was a German 1920s single-engine low-wing monoplane transport aircraft that followed Junkers standard practice making extensive use of corrugated aluminium alloy over an aluminium alloy tube frame, that was developed from the similar but slightly smaller Junkers F 13, and evolved into the similar W 34. One example, named Bremen, was the first aircraft to complete the much more difficult east–west non-stop heavier-than-air crossing of the Atlantic.
Junkers W 33
Cross section of the W33 wing
Transatlantic W 33 on display at Bremen airport
Junkers W 33 first prototype D-921 at the Deutschen Seeflug competition, July 1926