The Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen is an

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located in the German town of

Friederichshafen Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the d ...

near

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. The museum exhibits the aircraft designs of

Claude Dornier Claude (Claudius) Honoré Désiré Dornier (14 May 1884 – 5 December 1969) was a Franco-German airplane designer and founder of Dornier GmbH. His notable designs include the 12-engine Dornier Do X flying boat, for decades the world's la ...

, the

Dornier 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 manag ...

company and aerospace products of

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.Dornier Museum – Aviation
Retrieved:17 January 2013

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 attack aircraft, light attack jet aircraft, jet and advanced jet trainer co-manufactured by Dassault Aviation of France and Dornier Flugzeugwerke of Germany. It was developed specifically to perform trainer a ...

, Dornier Merkur, 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 en ...

, 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 Vertical/Short Take-O ...

, 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. 245 were built in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. In 1983, Hindustan Aeronautics ...

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

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 p ...

Fiat G.91 The Fiat G.91 is a jet fighter aircraft designed and built by the Italian aircraft manufacturer Fiat Aviazione, which later merged into Aeritalia. The G.91 has its origins in the NATO-organised NBMR-1 competition started in 1953, which sough ...

Engines

A number of

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

Daimler-Benz DB 603 The Daimler-Benz DB 603 was a German aircraft engine used during World War II. It was a liquid-cooled 12-cylinder inverted V12 enlargement of the 33.9 Liter DB 601, which was in itself a development of the DB 600. Production of the DB 603 ...

(Powered the

Dornier Do 335 The Dornier Do 335 ''Pfeil'' (Arrow) is a heavy fighter built by Dornier for Germany during World War II. The ''Pfeil''s performance was predicted to be better than other twin-engine designs due to its unusual push-pull configuration and the l ...

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

Dornier Do 31 The Dornier Do 31 is an experimental, jet propulsion, jet-propelled, VTOL, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) cargo aircraft that was designed and produced by West Germany, West German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke, Dornier. The ...

), 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

* {{authority control Aerospace museums in Germany Museums in Baden-Württemberg Museums established in 2009 2009 establishments in Germany Buildings and structures in Friedrichshafen