Dornier Flying Boat
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Dornier Flying Boat
Sorry, on the want again. I seem to remember that in the late 1980's - early 1990's, there was large flying boat build I think by Dornier which was billed as a sort of flying yacht. I think it crashed in the pacific which put an end to it. Sorry to be a bit vague. Perhaps someone out there on PPRuNeland can help. 
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Hopefully you are talking about the Do-24ATT which was renovated in 2004 and is still flying.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_24
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_24
The aircraft is alive and well! More info at http://www.do-24.com/
I wonder if this was one of the Do-24s we used to watch from the Hotel Illa d'Or in Puerto Pollensa in 1969? Fun to watch them churning up the bay, then getting up on the step before chugging off into the distance!
I wonder if this was one of the Do-24s we used to watch from the Hotel Illa d'Or in Puerto Pollensa in 1969? Fun to watch them churning up the bay, then getting up on the step before chugging off into the distance!
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BEags, presuming that's Spain (pardon my higgerence), then yes it could be. I think four survived, one is the Dornier update, one is preserved at Oberpfaffenhoffen, one was in the RAF Museum (where is it now?) and I think one is still in Spain in the museum at Cuatro Vientos.
Gibbs, the Do24 apeared at Biggin Hill several years ago. I'm have an idea Dornier also built a smaller brand new design based around the TNT wing in the 1980s?
Gibbs, the Do24 apeared at Biggin Hill several years ago. I'm have an idea Dornier also built a smaller brand new design based around the TNT wing in the 1980s?
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Some years ago, one had the good fortune to go aboard the Do 24 ATT in the Philippines. Met Iren Dornier, grandson of the designer, and spoke a little about the project. Was told that the aircraft had come from the Deutches Museum and was originally Spanish so it may have been one of the aircraft seen 'churning up the bay'.
Much of the restoration/rebuild was carried out in the Philippines although, in truth, the fuselage is all that remains of the original; the wings are a new design and of course, it has been re-engined. There are connections with: a charity supporting disadvantaged kids in the PI and with a local airline - SeaAir - which operates more modern Do equipment.
Much of the restoration/rebuild was carried out in the Philippines although, in truth, the fuselage is all that remains of the original; the wings are a new design and of course, it has been re-engined. There are connections with: a charity supporting disadvantaged kids in the PI and with a local airline - SeaAir - which operates more modern Do equipment.
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Hi Beagle,
Just returned from a sojourn at the Illa dOr.These days its just a C215 from the Base but interesting to watch. Aquila used to fly from Southampton to Porto Pollenca then on to Rome,certainly wished they still did.
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Just returned from a sojourn at the Illa dOr.These days its just a C215 from the Base but interesting to watch. Aquila used to fly from Southampton to Porto Pollenca then on to Rome,certainly wished they still did.
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You may be referring to the Dorner Seastar:
http://www.dornierseastar.de/home.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Seawings_Seastar
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David
http://www.dornierseastar.de/home.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Seawings_Seastar
Regards,
David
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Hey, you are not thinking of the de Chevigny Explorer are you?
If I remember it crashed on take off from a Canadian or Alaskan lake and wound up in some trees. Crew escaped OK.
Pic from a French site.
David Eyre, yep the Seastar is the other aircraft I was thinking of, I think it appeared at Farnborough one year. Very pretty!
If I remember it crashed on take off from a Canadian or Alaskan lake and wound up in some trees. Crew escaped OK.
Pic from a French site.
David Eyre, yep the Seastar is the other aircraft I was thinking of, I think it appeared at Farnborough one year. Very pretty!
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I that's the one !! Thank you, not sure where I got the Dornier etc thought from. Getting old I guess. Thank you to you other guys. I really enjoy your threads and stuff.
I that's the one !! Thank you, not sure where I got the Dornier etc thought from. Getting old I guess. Thank you to you other guys. I really enjoy your threads and stuff.
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Gibbs, glad we got there, I can see the confusion between Dornier and de Chevigny... Honest!
As a less than closet flying boat fan, the Dornier always grabbed my attention, but then Dean Wilson's creation for the Explorer fired my imagination way beyond that. What a shame it was destroyed, and equally so that it's successor wasn't quite in the same mould...
As a less than closet flying boat fan, the Dornier always grabbed my attention, but then Dean Wilson's creation for the Explorer fired my imagination way beyond that. What a shame it was destroyed, and equally so that it's successor wasn't quite in the same mould...
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It was a single engined effort, not a flying boat (?) and nothing like as attractive in my view... I presume it's still going, haven't heard anything.
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de Chevigny Explorer c/n 001 was N7065H and c/n 002 is N7067N, what was wrong with 002 and where is it now?
Sorry, both the above are single engined high wing planes. So what was the identitiy of your post number 10?
Sorry, both the above are single engined high wing planes. So what was the identitiy of your post number 10?
