In the aftermath of World War II, Western countries close to the Soviet Union were concerned about the vulnerability of their ...

The Oberpfaffenhofen, Bavaria-based company has since September been stepping up its flight test campaign, including by completing a series of water trials in Norway using three prototypes. The ...

The Dornier Do-29 was an experimental aircraft designed to test vectored thrust for extreme STOL performance, featuring two Lycoming engines driving controllable-pitch propellers that could tilt up to ...

"A factory is under construction in China and will be open at the end of the year," said Conrado Dornier, chairman of Dornier Seawings GmbH, Germany. Short- to medium-term production will be in ...

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany - One of Claude Dornier's planes - the 1925 Dornier Merkur - set seven world records in its first year. Another that could land on water was used by polar explorer Roald ...

Clark-based Dornier Technology, which is headed by Nikos Gitsis, has been officially certified by the US  Federal Aviation Administration (US FAA) as a foreign repair station, authorized to perform ...

Because Germany’s great aircraft builder Dr. Claude Dornier frankly told the right U. S. industrial leaders last spring that he needed money to expand his manufacturing plants at Friedrichshafen, ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Dornier Do 335 was one of the fastest propeller-driven aircraft ever flown. The Germans claimed that a pilot flew ...