Flugboot mit Kolbenmotoren

Riesenflugboot für Trans-Ozeanverkehr Dornier Do-X, Immatrikulation D-1929

Dating

1973, Vorbild: 1929

Persons

Dornier (1914), Hersteller/in Vorbild, archivalisch belegt

Description

Riesenflugboot für Trans-Ozeanverkehr Dornier Do-X, Immatrikulation D-1929 Vorbild: Spannweite: 48 m, Länge: 40.05 m, Höhe: 10.10 m, Fluggewicht: 48 t, Reisegeschwindigkeit: ca.175 km/h, Reichweite: ca. 2800 km, Erstflug: 13.07.1929, Passagiere: 70 Personen, Bauweise: abgestrebter Schulterdecker in Leichtmetall und Stoff.

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: "Dornier", "Do-X", "D-1929"

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Geography

Herkunftsland/Herkunftsort: Deutschland, Friedrichshafen, Bodensee, Vorbild

Material / Technique

Holz, Metall, Kunststoff

Inventory number

VHS-4165

Legend

On the way to becoming a means of transport The Jumbo of the 1930’s The Dornier Do-X was the largest aircraft in the world and the epitome of technical progress. This becomes clear in a comparison with contemporary aircraft such as the Fokker F-VIIa or the Italian Savoia-Marchetti S-55 twin-hulled flying boat. Built in Altenrhein (Canton of St. Gallen) the Do-X was designed to carry around 70 passengers. On a test flight, it even carried 169 passengers. As a part of its numerous demonstration flights over Europe, South and North America, the Do-X even touched down on Lake Zurich in 1932. Although it was land based aircraft that later helped to make the break-through in transoceanic aviation, the construction and use of this giant flying boat represented a pioneering achievement of the highest order.