The Junkers Ju 89 was a heavy bomber developed for the Luftwaffe during World War II. The project was abandoned before the plane was produced, but some of its design elements were incorporated into other Junkers planes.

From the very beginnings of the Luftwaffe in 1933, General Walther Wever, the chief of staff, realised the importance that strategic bombing would play in any future conflict. A Langstrecken-Grossbomber ("long-range big bomber") was needed to fulfill this role.

Under the Ural bomber programme, he began secret talks with two of Nazi Germany's leading aircraft manufacturers - Dornier and Junkers - requesting designs for a long-range bomber. The two companies responded with the Dornier Do 19 and the Junkers Ju 89, respectively, and the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) ordered prototypes for both aircraft in 1935. The RLM request asked for two prototypes and a prototype series of nine aircraft.

Designed to carry up to 4 tons of bombs, it could travel at a maximum speed of 430km, as it had 4 DB-600 in-line engines, the same as the Bf-109 in its first production versions, with a maximum power of 1000hp each.

CONTROLLING THE BOMBER:

Hull control: Pitch+Roll

TurretS control: manual

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