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Despite being more than six decades old, the Junkers Ju-52 is still going strong. <p>Herman De Wulf/BRUSSELS </p> <p>How long do aircraft last? The legendary Junkers Ju-52/3m tri-motor transport is 60 years old and still extremely popular - especially for pleasure-trips. One airworthy example is operated in Lufthansa colours, and is booked to capacity most of the time. </p> <p>People pay DM260 ($166) for a scenic flight lasting no more than 45min. "Tante Ju" (Auntie Junkers), as the historic Junkers airliner is affectionately known in Germany, cruises at a sedate 100kt (185km/h), rarely any higher than 2,000ft above ground level, and operates only in visual-flight-rules conditions. It carries just16 passengers, but they travel in pre-Second World War leather-seated luxury, watching the landscape moving slowly through large windows while enjoying plenty of elbow room. By today's standards, the corrugated duraluminium Ju-52/3m is a simple aircraft, with fixed landing-gear, propelledhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Flying-a-legend-10363/