Dornier Flugzeugwerke
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Dornier Flugzeugwerke was a German
History
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Originally Dornier Metallbau, Dornier Flugzeugwerke took over Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen production facilities (Weingarten, Warnemünde, and the former Zeppelin shed at Manzell) when it failed in 1923.
Dornier was well known between the two world wars as a manufacturer of large, all-metal
government came to power and abandoned the treaty's restrictions, Dornier resumed production in Germany.![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Dornier_do_28_d2_sky_04.jpg/220px-Dornier_do_28_d2_sky_04.jpg)
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The success of the Wal family encouraged the development of derivatives, and of more advanced successors, such as the Do 18, and Do 24 which saw service in several armed forces, including German, into World War II.
Dornier's most important World War II military aircraft design was the
After WWII, aircraft production was again forbidden in Germany, and Dornier relocated to
In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) acquired a production licence for the Dornier 228 and manufactured the aircraft for the Asian market. By 2013 a total of 117 Dornier 228 aircraft had been produced by HAL with plans to build 20 more during 2013-14.[1]
In 1985, Dornier became a member of the
In 1996, the majority of Dornier Aircraft was acquired by
The medtech division was sold to an investment company and now bears the name Dornier MedTech. Dornier Medtech manufactures medical equipment, such as the Dornier S
Dornier Seaplane Company
The Dornier family have a spin-off company and project, the
Dornier Technologie
Claude's grandson, Iren Dornier , founded Dornier Technologie in 1996 to manufacture the Dornier S-Ray 007.
Dornier aircraft projects
Letter designations (before 1933)
(Does not include designations for aircraft built while Dornier was with
- Dornier Gs Precursor to Wal destroyed by Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control (1919)
- Dornier Do A Libelle (I 1921, III redesignated Do 12)
- Dornier SpatzLandplane version of Do A (1922)
- Dornier Do B Merkur Development of Do C (1926)
- Dornier Do C Komet (I 1921, II 1922, III 1926)
- Dornier Do C 2, 3, 4 Fighter unrelated to earlier Do C, redesignated Do 10 (C 2 ?, C 3 1931, C 4 1932)
- Dornier Do D (1929)
- Dornier Do E (1924)
- Dornier Do F (1932, redesignated Do 11, 13, 23)
- Dornier Do G Greif (Cancelled 1920 project)
- Dornier-Zeppelin D.I)
- Dornier Do I (1923 twin engine long range reconnaissance aircraft)
- Dornier Do J Wal(1922)
- Dornier Do K (K 1 1929, K 2 1929, K 3 1931)
- Dornier Do L Delphin (I 1920, II 1921, III 1927)
- Dornier Do N Design for Japanese as Kawasaki Ka 87 (1926)
- Dornier Do O WalCustom built version of Do J (1924)
- Dornier Do P (1930)
- Dornier Do R.2 and R.4 Superwal (1924)
- Dornier Do S (1930)
- Dornier Do T (Komet/Merkur converted to Air Ambulance)
- Dornier Do U (Cancelled civil variant of Do Y)
- Dornier Do X (1929)
- Dornier Do Y (1930, redesignated Do 15)
Additional unbuilt projects include 3 different Schneider Trophy racers from 1924, 1928 and 1931 and a large multi-engine seaplane similar to the Do X with engines buried in the wings.
1933-1945
- Dornier Do 10
- Dornier Do 11
- Dornier Do 12
- Dornier Do 13
- Dornier Do 14
- Dornier Do 15
- Dornier Do 16
- Dornier Do 17
- Dornier Do 18
- Dornier Do 19
- Dornier Do 20 Project
- Dornier Do 22
- Dornier Do 23
- Dornier Do 24
- Dornier Do 26
- Dornier Do 29 (1934)
- Dornier Do 212
- Dornier Do 214 Project
- Dornier Do 215
- Dornier Do 216 Project
- Dornier Do 217
- Dornier Do 247 Project
- Dornier Do 317
- Dornier Do 335
- Dornier Do 635
- Dornier P.59 Project
- Dornier P.85 Project
- Dornier P.184 Project
- Dornier P.232 Project
- Dornier P.247 Project
- Dornier P.252 Project
- Dornier P.254 Project
- Dornier P 256
- Dornier P.273 Project
1945-present
- Dornier Do 25Prototype for Do 27
- Dornier Do 27
- Dornier Do 28 - developed from Do 27
- Dornier Do 29
- Dornier Do 31
- Dornier Do 32
- Dornier 128
- Dornier Do 132
- Dornier 228 - developed from Do 28
- Dornier Do 231
- Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet
- Dornier 328
- Fairchild Dornier 328JET
- Fairchild Dornier 428JET
- Fairchild Dornier 728 family
- Dornier Aerodyne
- Dornier Seawings Seastar
- Dornier S-Ray 007
- A-12 Avenger)[4]
Dornier Automobile Projects
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- Dornier Delta
- Dornier Delta II, developed for Hymer
Dornier Faint Object Camera
Dornier GmbH built the
Missile projects
Spacecraft
- AMC-5 (satellite)
- Project 621 (rocket)
See also
References
- ^ "India to present Dornier aircraft to Seychelles for surveillance, anti-piracy missions". The Economic Times. 3 August 2017.
- ^ "General Atomics buys RUAG's Dornier 228 programme and German MRO business". Flight Global. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
RUAG acquired the rights to the Dornier 228 after former owner Fairchild Dornier went into insolvency in 2002
- India Times. January 24, 2013.
- ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1986/1986%20-%201271.html?search=dornier%20stealth%20aircraft [dead link]
- ^ "FOC - Faint Object Camera". Hubble. European Space Agency. 2006-12-12. Retrieved 2007-02-07.
External links
Media related to Dornier Flugzeugwerke at Wikimedia Commons
- DFW's Web Page Archived 2009-11-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen