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 ...

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.

Rimowa (a 117-year-old German luggage manufacturer) has built a stunning modern replica of the historic Junkers F13 airplane, which was built by the Germans at the end of World War I (and named for ...

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 ...

The Rimowa luggage company’s replica of an air-travel classic takes to the sky. It has been 65 years since a Junkers F13 was in active service, but a replica of the aircraft, the Rimowa F13 ...

Rimowa, a maker of high-end suitcases in Germany that has been in business since the late 1800s, threw a lavish, Golden Age of Aviation-themed party at the Dubendorf Airfield outside Zurich, ...

Flying and suitcases go hand in hand, so it makes sense that the German luxury luggage brand Rimowa has added an airplane to its arsenal of goods. But instead of designing a sleek contemporary craft ...

A plan to restore a Junkers F.13 for exhibition purposes is being pursued by companies represented here at ILA. To pursue the rebuilding of what it terms "the mother of all commercial aircraft", ...

From Issue Three of the Gear Patrol Magazine. Discounted domestic shipping + 15% off in the GP store for new subscribers. Nearly a century ago, the Junkers F13 took flight as the first all-metal ...