TANTE JU! ♥ Junkers JU 52 Scenic Flight from Gstaad

DEAR AUNTY JU

Proudly standing skywards with your nose in the wind, gently carried by wings. The three BMW radial engines are music to the ears, an unmistakable sign that a Junkers JU 52 appears. Your corrugated skin is light-weighted and thin but enormously robust to withstand every wind.

You are airborne within a few hundred meters, that is when the modern aircrafts feel dethroned and believe in a malfunction of the thrust lever. Those technically sophisticated planes are equipped with touch screen, it is a dream or the last scream. But your cockpit has hardly changed, it is well-arranged.

During wartime you flew day and night without a trace of fright. Many brave soldiers flew towards an unknown fate. You meant the last connection to entire armies before they had to fight until the bitter end. You brought many wounded soul back, saved lives and reunited the returning soldiers with their loved ones.

There are so many stories to tell. A spectacular one happend in the Swiss avalanche winter (1951) when it was snowing like hell. Aunty JU distributed many relief goods which were dropped by parachute. Wool blankets, bread and even hay for the cattle, a big help to fight against the hard winter battle.

The end of work has never really come because you are so awesome. You are used to long queues because people are so amused by flying with dear Aunty JU - Tante JU. Your success story may never come to an end, you are a beloved flying legend.

Written by Matthias Haenni

Video Editing Software: Final Cut Express and iMovie
Camera: Sony VG10

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY matthiashaenni ©

[dgk]

It's wonderful that old birds like this are kept flying and people can still experience them. Great video!

[bangersfuzzy]

Der Sound ist unverkennbar. Wie oft höre ich diesen Sound, ohne das ich die Ju52 sehe und ich weiß sofort, es ist die Ju52. Da geht einfach nix drüber. Einfach eine Synfonie von Propeller und Sternmotor Sound vom Feinsten.

they seem to fly remarkably well, despite their age. excellent machines .

[dreadpenguinlord]

After viewing various videos of this, their DC-3, their Constellation and others, I have to say this: the Swiss REALLY know how to take good care of an airplane!

[nicomeier]

Still one of the most iconic aircraft of WW2, she looks as beautiful as she sounds!

[garymorris]

My goodness, what a beautiful aircraft !

[maxsager]

Those planes, when their engines start, sound like eggs frying in oil....

[MrEdgaralain]

Was für ein göttlicher Klang, absolut wahnsinnig! Thanks to Matt!

[josephsaliba]

Damn, Switzerland is the most beautiful country on earth, the cleanliness wow.

[pacojiro]

Wonderful plane. With that I made my first parachute jumps six, very many years. Thank you Matthias. ;-)

[dmcaudio]

The real air 'bus' (large windows) 😆

[elciomendes]

What a nice touch the BMW logo on the cowlings. These engines can produce an awesome sound.

[buddyanddaisy]

Imagine flying this into Stalingrad in January 1943...

[TheHDAviation]

Now that is a classic, excellent video of this beautiful aircraft Matthias! Love the multiple views, I hope the flight was great.

[petermichaelauer]

einfach super, dass die alte Dame so noch aktiv ist, vor ca 45 Jahren war die HB HOP Star im Film "Where eagles dare" mit Clint Eastwood und Richard Burton " Agenten sterben einsam"

[javierjosechavezbenitez]

Dear Matthias:
I could probably write an entire magazine article commenting on this video of our much-loved Tante Ju: about your MESMERIZING Poetic Letter, about how this puts me in a mood for living, about the timeless "MUSIK DES FLIEGENS" of those radial engines, and so on.
But it's so MUCH MORE than that.
Since I joined your absolutely splendid channel and visited your website-blog, I have gained a deep and abiding affection for the Swiss-Austrian-German Aviation Community. So it's only natural that the August accident of Aunt Ju HB-HOT hurts me to the tears.
So There, My Friend, all I can say is the following:
May this Masterpiece of a Video be an Eternal TRIBUTE to Those who died and suffer! May it remain perpetual, even when Aunt Ju is no longer able to fly! And come to think of it, Matt, May ALL of your Extraordinary Effort, your Channel, your Talent and your Enthusiasm be THE GRANDEST TRIBUTE OF THEM ALL!!!
Yours Truly,
JAVIER.

[cpocketts]

Wow! What can I say, you are so lucky to be able to fly in these rare and old aircraft. The video was beautiful made as always and was an absolute pleasure to watch! Thank you for sharing this with us.

[OHAREAVIATION]

I know I haven't been commenting much but I gotta at least say how much I love this one....

[kkteutsch]

A lovely and great preserved beauty and, more, with original BMW made engines !!!

[inselvideo]

Großartiges Video!Die Ju 52 ist ein fantastisches Flugzeug, immer wieder ein Highlight!Daumen hoch!Gruss inselvideo!