But at its core, Dornier's semi-cantilever monoplane flying boat colossus had all the right ideas in mind. The Do X's proportions are eerily similar to widebody jet airliners manufactured decades ...

Built in 1929, the Dornier Do X was a floating palace, complete with lounge areas and onboard chefs. It flew passengers across countries in unprecedented style, yet its massive size and high ...

Claudius Dornier created his own signature design with opposed engines mounted above the fuselage of his flying boats. The design culminated in the Do X that featured six pairs of engines powering ...

The Dornier Do X was a glorious, spectacular, and doomed machine that embodied the spirit of the pre-WW2 world. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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Alongside the City Update 4, Microsoft Flight Simulator has released the twelfth aircraft in the “Local Legends” series of aircraft: The Dornier Do X Flying Boat. From German aircraft designer ...

A Dornier Do X flying boat parked on its launch ramp circa 1929—the year the 56-ton transatlantic luxury craft set a passenger-carrying record (169 souls) that stood for two decades. Only three ...

On 15 September, twenty Do 17s were destroyed and thirteen damaged. Among the casualties was Dornier Do 17Z-2 ‘F1+FH’ (Wk-Nr 2361) of 1.Staffel/KG 76, brought down by Sergeant Ray Holmes of No ...

With significant experience developing unconventional aircraft, Dornier rose to the challenge and began designing what would become the Do-31, a transport jet capable of carrying 36 troops at ...

The twin-engine turboprop Dornier DO 228-212 (registration D-CFFU ... such as the German TerraSAR-X radar satellite. Using the E-SAR radar system developed by DLR, geophysical radar measurements of ...