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Dornier DO-328
Dornier may refer to: * Claudius Dornier (1884–1969), German aircraft designer and builder ** Dornier Flugzeugwerke, German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1914 by Claudius Dornier * Dornier Consulting, international consulting and project management company * ''Fairchild-Dornier'', in 1996, Fairchild took on this name, when it purchased Dornier's assets, see Fairchild Aircraft * Lindauer Dornier, German textile machinery manufacturer * Dornier Wines, a winery in South Africa See also * * List of military aircraft of Germany by manufacturer#Dornier {{Disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudius Dornier
Claude (Claudius) Honoré Désiré Dornier (born in Kempten (Allgäu), Kempten im Allgäu on 14 May 1884 – 5 December 1969) was a France–Germany relations, German-French airplane designer and founder of Dornier GmbH. His notable designs include the 12-engine Dornier Do X flying boat, for decades the world's largest and most powerful airplane. He also made several other successful aircraft. Biography The son of a France, French wine importer and his German wife, Claude Dornier was born in Bavaria where he grew up and attended school, with science being his chief interest. Dornier then moved to Munich, where he graduated in 1907 from the Technical University of Munich, Technical University. As a young engineer, Dornier first worked on Strength of materials, strength calculations at the Nagel Engineering Works in Karlsruhe. In 1910 he joined Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen on the Bodensee, where his abilities quickly attracted Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's attent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |