Timeline of the Junkers Ju 52/3m

April 6, 1936		The brand-new D-AQUI Fritz Simon is delivered to Lufthansa.
June 1, 1936 – April 8, 1940		Sold to Norway's DNL, tail sign LN-DAH Falken.
April 9, 1940 – Sept. 22, 1940		German Air Force and hand-over to Lufthansa.
Sept. 23, 1940 – May 1945		Once again registered as D-AQUI Kurt Wintgens for Lufthansa.
May 28, 1945 – August 1945		Norwegian Air Force. Major technical problems.
September 1945 – January 1948		Back in service with DNL in Norway. Tail sign LN-KAF Askeladden. This and a further Ju 52, built in 1943, are taken apart to make a new Ju 52.
Feb. 14, 1948 – October 1956		In service with SAS under the same LN-KAF Askeladden tail sign. Flies all Norwegian coastal routes.
Early 1957		Former Lufthansa pilot Christof Drexel buys her. Conversion in Oslo to wheeled landing gear.
July 30, 1957		Shipped to Ecuador with 20 tonnes of replacement parts.
August 1957 – 1962		In service with TAO, Transportes Orientales S.A., she flies passengers and cargo out of Quito (altitude 9,186 feet) throughout the Amazon region. Tail sign HC-ABS Amazonas.
1962 – 1970		She stands unused for eight years on the periphery of Quito Airport.
May 25, 1970		Former bomber pilot Lester F. Weaver buys her for US$ 5,000.
October 1970		Airworthy again. Tail sign N130LW. Eight-day flight ferrying her to Illinois.
May 21, 1972		Receives experimental-category license only on account of technical problems.
Mid-1974		Sold to Cannon Aircraft for US$ 36,000.
End of 1974		Author Martin Caidin buys her for US$ 52,200.
March 1975 – end of 1976		Transfer to Titusville, Florida. Major repair work. P&W 1340 engines fitted. Wheels and brakes from a Curtiss C46. New life as “Iron Annie”, N52Ju.
Summer 1984		Lufthansa buys her from Martin Caidin.
Dec. 12, 1984 – Dec. 28, 1984		8000 km flight transferring her from Opa Locka, Florida, via Labrador, Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and England to Hamburg.
January 1985 – April 1986		Extensive restoration work at Lufthansa's base in Hamburg. Various modern systems fitted. Licensed as passenger aircraft in the highest class, passenger transportation 1. Meets latest design specifications.
April 6, 1984 – today		Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung. Tail sign D-CDLH, Berlin Tempelhof. Historic tail sign D-AQUI included as part of livery. Flies approx. 10,000 passengers a year in Germany and neighboring countries.