Flyers like Cyril Uwins - 13,408 m (43,990 ft) in a Vickers Vespa in September 1932 - and Renato Donati - 14,433 m (47,385 ft) in a Caproni Ca 114 in late 1933 - took this route, sitting in open cockpits.
Junkers | Junkers Ju 88 | Junkers W 34 | Junkers Ju 52 | Junkers Ju 87 | Junkers Jumo 004 | Junkers (Aircraft) | Junkers W 33 | Junkers F.13 | Junkers D.I | Junkers K 37 | Junkers Ju 90 | Junkers Ju 86 | Junkers Ju 49 | Hugo Junkers | 1929 Luft Hansa Junkers G 31 crash |
BOK engineers were sent to the Junkers factory at Dessau to study the Junkers Ju 49 which was the first aircraft fitted with a sealed cabin for high-altitude flight.