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The Junkers 52, Lufthansa’s historic plane known lovingly as Auntie Ju. dpa/Boris Roessler
It s a bitter end for an aircraft that inspires a sense of nostalgia for many: the three-engine, low-wing Junkers JU 52 has been gathering dust in the corner of a hangar at Johannesburg’s international airport for ages.
These days, air-worthy versions of the German-made plane are few and far between, with just a handful left worldwide.
South Africa’s JU 52 had delighted onlookers at air shows and passengers on nostalgia flights for years before being put out to pasture. And the “hangar queen”, as such planes are known by pilots, could be facing eviction from her final resting spot. ....

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