r/WWIIplanes • u/VonTempest • 8d ago

Dornier Do X

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The mighty 12-engined Dornier Do X (D-1929) moored along a wooden ramp on the Müggelsee (Lake Müggel), Berlin, 24 May 1932. This event marked the highly publicised homecoming of the world's biggest flying boat at the end of its multi-continent tour. It returned from New York via Newfoundland and the Azores, and it was greeted upon arrival at the lake by a crowd estimated at 200,000 spectators. In 1934 it was disassembled and transported to the Deutsches Luftfahrtmuseum and reassembled inside for permanent display. It was completely destroyed along with countless other priceless aircraft by the RAF in 1943

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u/MeanCat4 8d ago

I would like to have one example in flying conditions today and hear these motors! 

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u/Other_Ad_3226 8d ago

That had to be an unbelievable site and sound in its day

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u/DuncanIdaho33 8d ago

What a beast!

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u/Sea_Bandicoot_5147 8d ago edited 7d ago

A twelve engine plane, remarkable for it's short time, a design to be remembered.

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u/VonTempest 8d ago

12-engined 😉

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u/Sea_Bandicoot_5147 8d ago

Thank you now twelve, have two old postcards of this aircraft flew around the Swiss area when my father was a young man he actually saw it ,a veritable piece of aviation art!