Dornier Do X Flying Boat. See pictures of 1920s Dornier DoX the most luxurious airline that ever existed Daily Mail Online Aviation history! On November 5, 1930 the Do X 1929, built by Claude Dornier, took off for its first Atlantic crossing [2]During the years between the two World Wars, only the Soviet Tupolev ANT-20 Maksim Gorki landplane.
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The voyage ended after nine days when the flying boat's tail section tore off during a botched, over-steep landing on a reservoir lake near the city of Passau It broke many world records but, unfortunately, its remarkable tales have been.
It was built in 1929 by the German Transport Ministry in Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Constance, in order to comply with terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which forbade Germany from building certain classes of aircraft. The Dornier Do-X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929 It was built in 1929 by the German Transport Ministry in Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Constance, in order to comply with terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which forbade Germany from building certain classes of aircraft.
Flying boat dornier do x hires stock photography and images Alamy. While never a commercial success, the Dornier Do X was the largest heavier-than-air aircraft of its time, and one of the first. The Dornier Do X flying boat was a technological marvel and an example of Germany's aeronautical prowess from its conception by designer Claude Dornier in 1924 through its construction and test flight in 1929
. With only three Dornier Do X aircraft built and is one of the rarest aircraft to have been brought into service Dornier Do-X was the largest and heaviest flying boat, having 157 feet of wingspan and a maximum takeoff weight of more than 16 tons