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   The Junkers Ju-52, which has been kept in the air by Lufthansa since 1984, is   
   finally given a place in a museum. Where exactly is still unknown. The   
   83-year-old propeller aircraft is currently being stored in a Lufthansa hangar   
   in Hamburg.   
       
   The aircraft with the unofficial registration D-AQUI was purchased in the   
   United States in the 1980s and has been operating pleasure flights since 1986.   
   In the Lufthansa service, the three-engined aircraft made 11,500 flying hours.   
       
   The total number of flying hours the aircraft has completed is unknown. The   
   aircraft was built in Dessau in 1936 and was used alternately in Germany and   
   Norway for the next 20 years. Between 1957 and 1963, the Ju-52 was in service   
   in Ecuador, ending up in the US in 1969. "Iron Annie" was an attraction there   
   during air shows.   
       
   Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin Stiftung kept the Ju-52 in flying condition all   
   those years, but since Lufthansa turned off the money tap early this year, the   
   flights had to be stopped.   
       
   The decision to keep the JU-52 on the ground cannot be seen in isolation from   
   the accident In August 2018, when a Ju-52 from the Swiss JU-Air crashed during   
   a pleasure flight over the Alps. Twenty people were killed. JU-Air wants to   
   continue to fly with Ju-52s.   
      
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