__NOTOC__ The Dornier Do 14 was a prototype

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, developed by

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with backing from the

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for experimental propulsion studies. The aircraft was similar to the

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. Only one Dornier Do 14 was constructed for testing, the aircraft registered as "D-AGON", after test flights during 1936, the aircraft engines were subsequently dismantled in 1937. The prototype aircraft was finally scrapped in 1939.

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Do 014 1930s German civil utility aircraft High-wing aircraft Single-engined pusher aircraft Flying boats {{Aero-1930s-stub