The first all-metal commercial plane—Junkers F13—took its inaugural flight in 1919 and revolutionized travel. Lightweight and able to fly long distances, the single-engine six-seater was considered an ...

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in January 2016. In the spring of 2016, one of the most revolutionary aircraft in aviation history will take to the skies for the first time in more ...

The Junkers F13, an aircraft that was designed nearly 100 years ago and last flew in the Sixties, has flown again thanks to luxury luggage company Rimowa and its aviation-loving CEO Dieter Morszeck.

When Rimowa’s replica Junkers F13 plane took off from a grassy airstrip in Dübendorf, Switzerland, on September 15, it was the culmination of a seven-year endeavor to resurrect the historic aircraft ...