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 ...

Luxury seaplanes, also known as flying boats, were a popular mode of travel in the 1930s ... Zeitung Photo/Alamy Stock Photo The golden age of seaplanes began with the Dornier Wal, or ‘whale’, ...