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Dornier Do X

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Dornier Do X

Afbeelding: Wikimedia Commons

The Dornier Do X, first flown in 1929, is one of aviation's most extraordinary flying boats. Its twelve engines, 47.8-meter wingspan, and ten-person crew made it the largest and most powerful flying boat of the era. Cruising at 242 km/h with 1,700-kilometer range, it captured world imagination.

Specificaties

Rol
airliner, flying boat
Bemanning
10
Motoren
12
Eerste vlucht
1929
Lengte
40 m
Spanwijdte
47,8 m
Maximumsnelheid
242 km/h
Bereik
1.700 km