The Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen is an

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located in the German town of Friederichshafen near

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. The museum exhibits the aircraft designs of

Claude Dornier Claude (Claudius) Honoré Désiré Dornier (born in Kempten im Allgäu on 14 May 1884 – 5 December 1969) was a German-French airplane designer and founder of Dornier GmbH. His notable designs include the 12-engine Dornier Do X flying boat, ...

, the Dornier company and aerospace products of

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.Dornier Museum - Aviation
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Exhibits

Displayed at the museum are Dornier aircraft types (including licensed-production),

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s, models and historical photographs, plus

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equipment including

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Aircraft

Exhibits include the following aircraft types, among other things like a car and

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memorabilia: Bell UH-1D,

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, Canadair CL-289,

Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was developed specifically to perform trainer and light attack missions, a ...

Dornier Merkur The Dornier ''Komet'' ("Comet"), ''Merkur'' ("Mercury"), Do C, Do D, and Do T were a family of aircraft manufactured in Germany during the 1920s, originally as small airliners, but which saw military use as well. The earliest aircraft in the ser ...

, Dornier Do J ''Wal'' (Replica),

Dornier Do 27 The Dornier Do 27 is a German single-engine STOL utility aircraft that was designed and manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier and Fairchild-Dornier). It was notable for being the first mass-produced aircraft in Germany following the ...

, Dornier Do 28 A1, Dornier Do 28 D Skyservant,

Dornier Do 29 The Dornier Do 29 was an experimental aircraft developed by Dornier Flugzeugwerke and the ''Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt'' (German Aviation Laboratory) in the 1950s, used to test a tilting-propeller system for short takeoff and land ...

, Dornier Do 31 E1,

Dornier 228 The Dornier 228 is a twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft, designed and first manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier, Fairchild-Dornier) from 1981 until 1998. Two hundred and forty-five were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. In 19 ...

Dornier 328 The Dornier 328 is a turboprop-powered commuter airliner. Initially produced by Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH, the firm was acquired in 1996 by Fairchild Aircraft. The resulting firm, named Fairchild-Dornier, manufactured the 328 family in Oberpfaffe ...

Dornier Kiebitz The Dornier Kiebitz was an unmanned military reconnaissance mobile platform used for battlefield reconnaissance duties such as moving target detection and tracking. Variants ;Do 32K (experimental) :Initial variant using the rotor and BMW 6012 po ...

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Engines

A number of

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s used by Dornier aircraft types are also displayed, among them :

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(Powered the

Dornier Do 335 The Dornier Do 335 ''Pfeil'' ("Arrow") was a heavy fighter built by Dornier for Germany during World War II. The two-seater trainer version was called ''Ameisenbär'' ("anteater"). The ''Pfeil''s performance was predicted to be better than other ...

), Bristol Siddeley Pegasus 5–2 (Main engine for the

Dornier Do 31 The Dornier Do 31 is an experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet-propelled transport designed and produced by West German aircraft manufacturer Dornier. The development of the Do 31 was motivated principally by heavy interest exp ...

), Rolls-Royce RB 162-4D (Lift engine for the Dornier Do 31)

Satellites

GEOS, ISEE-B,

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- First inter-planetary probe to the poles of the sun,

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Gallery

File:Dornier-Museum bei Nacht.jpg, At Night File:Dornier Museum Ausstellungshalle 2009-09-27.jpg, Aircraft on display in the main exhibition hall File:Dornier Do 24 ATT vl 2.jpg, Do24 ATT File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-12963, Flugboot "Do X".jpg, DoX File:Dornier RS1 Giant Flying Boat.JPG, RS1 File:Modell Dornier Do 214.jpg, Do214 File:Polar2.jpg, Do228 File:Der Nachbau des Dornier Wal N25 im Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen.JPG, Dornier Wal N25 File:Dornier Do 31 E1 front left Dornier Museum 2009-09-27.jpg, Do31 File:Dornier Museum Museumsbox 2009-09-27.jpg, Museumsbox File:Baracke Seemoos -Dornier-Keimzelle.JPG, Seemoos 2016

References

External links

Official website (English version)
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