The aircraft chosen for this flight was a Dornier Do J “Wal” (Whale), a flying boat designed in Germany by Claude Dornier and first flown in 1922. The Wal was one of the most successful flying ...

The twin-engine turboprop Dornier DO 228-212 (registration D-CFFU) is primarily used for remote-sensing missions by the German Aerospace Center's (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) ...

This led to the development of aircraft such as the Sikorsky S-42 and Dornier Do X, which influenced the UK’s push for an ...