The Junkers Ju 60 was a single engine
airliner built in
prototype form in
Germany in the early 1930s. It was designed to meet a requirement issued by the Reichsverkehrsministerium (Reich Transport Ministry) for a German-built equivalent to the
Lockheed Vega with which to equip
Deutsche Luft Hansa. The result was a sleek,
cantilevermonoplane of conventional configuration, with wings skinned in the corrugated
duralumin that had been a hallmark of Junkers designs up to this time, although this would be the last Junkers aircraft to have this feature. The main units of the
tailwheel undercarriage were retractable.
The Ju 60 was evaluated by
Deutsche Luft Hansa against the
Heinkel He 70. With the latter able to demonstrate a top speed 75 km/h (47 mph) better than the Ju 60, development of the Junkers design was halted before the third
prototype had been completed. The two examples that had already been constructed eventually saw service with the Luftwaffe as
liaison aircraft until 1942. The work done on the design would later form the basis of the
Ju 160.
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1 X as second letter is for experimental aircraft or imported technology demonstrators not intended for service,
2 Hyphenated trailing letter (-J, -K, -L, -N or -S) denotes design modified for secondary role, 3 Possibly incorrect designation, but used in many sources