Junkers A50 - Variants

Variants

• A50 - Armstrong Siddeley Genet 59 kW radial engine
• A50ba - Walter 59 kW engine (one built)
• A50be - Armstrong Siddeley Genet 59 kW engine
• A50ce - Armstrong Siddeley Genet II 63 kW engine or for export Genet Major I 74 kW, folding wings
• A50ci - Siemens-Halske Sh 13, 65 kW radial engine, folding wings
• A50fe - Armstrong Siddeley Genet II, 63 kW engine, modified airframe, folding wings
• KXJ1 - A single Junkers A-50 supplied to the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service for evaluation.

The -ce and -ci variants were produced in the largest numbers with about 25 of each on the German civil register. Due to their construction, the A50 were durable aircraft and they lasted long in service. The last plane was used in the 1960s in Finland. There is one A50 preserved in Deutsches Museum in Munich and another in Helsinki airport. One A50 (VH-UCC, c/n3517) is in airworthy condition in Australia.