Icarus, Leonardo da Vinci, Otto Lilienthal, the Wright brothers – the dream of flying has accompanied mankind since early years. One man who played a major role in turning this vision into an everyday reality was Hugo Junkers (1859 – 1935). He influenced the development of aviation in the 20th century with his many patents – among other things with his revolutionary idea of using the light and resistant corrugated aluminium sheet for the construction of an aircraft.

In 1919, for example, the Junkers F13, the world’s first all-metal passenger aircraft, took off from Dessau on its maiden flight. 100 years later, the stylish replicas of the Junkers icons are once again conquering the aviation skies and showing that dreams can come true through visionaries – then as now.