Ju52 over Chessington Surrey.
 

A few minutes ago a Ju52 heading west over Chessington.

Any ideas which one and its destination?

Ciarain.

Look at the spotters forum. HB-HOT. Wish it would come out to Crowthorne!

An age gone by?
 

Surely Sir you mean it took and age to fly by. I could walk quicker

Flew in one at Dubendorf, Switzerland many years ago. After what seemed like 10 minutes of being airborne, we had just cleared the airfield boundary.................:)

I saw one fly once. Lufthansa brought one to Heathrow for a couple of days; can't recall why. It was fun sloitting it in among the jets. I was told by White Waltham that HB-HOT is due to depart on Sunday, but I do not know at what time.

About 15-20 years ago I saw a Ju 52 flying over me in S E London 3 or 4 times over about 2-3 years. Quite a sight, virtually hovering overhead!
Rapides still fly over on summer weekends, I recognise their sound long before they appear.

The Ju-52s (4 off) are operated by Ju-Air from Dubendorf.

They've got the three pukka Junkers built ones that the Swiss AF used to use (A-701, 702 & 703) + another CASA license built one.

I think 'Ju Air'- pronounced 'Jew Air' is a play on the Tante Ju or 'Auntie Ju' nickname that the Luftwaffe gave the type.

Anyways, they can often be seen during summer blatting away as they stagger out of Dubendorf.

Quite a sight in it's own idiosyncratic Swiss way. :ok:

There are 6 JU-52s in flying condition in Europe. Four are operated by Swiss Ju-Air. One is operated by Lufthansa classic. They tour around Europe, visit air shows and offer scenic flights. There is another airworthy JU-52 in France, I don't know about its actual status.
At september 6th the Swiss JUs and the Lufthansa one visited the Hahnweide Oldtimer Airshow and did a 5-ship formation flyby. Quite a sight.

This JU-52 spent the weekend displaying at the Goodwood Revival Meeting. :ok:

I stared a thread on this having seen it literally staggering over Camberley just under the cloud base, and as someone pointed out perhaps I should have titled the thread an age to go by.
It must have been terrifying for the crews in combat since they could not run away from anything and must have equally been sitting ducks (oxymoron) for ground fire too.
In fact a quick look at WikiP says that they lost 280 planes during the attack on Holland , mostly to AA defences and that was in 1940! By 1944 they must have been close to Kamikaze missions.
Wiki also gives a top speed of 165 mph but the one I saw was probably the slowest non micro light I have ever seen-anyone have an idea about what the cruise speed actually is

PB