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Dornier Werke GmbH, also known as Dornier Flugzeugwerke and Dornier Luftfahrt at various times, was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in Friedrichshafen in 1914 by Claudius Dornier. Over the course of its long lifespan, the company produced many notable designs for both the civil and military markets.
Dornier, originally Dornier Metallbau rose to prominence in the 1920s and 30s as a manufacturer of large flying boats, remarkable at the time for their all-metal construction. These included the Wal ("Whale") of 1924 and the colossal Do X. During this period, Dornier built its aircraft outside Germany to avoid the restrictions placed on German aircraft manufacturers by the Treaty of Versailles. Foreign factories licence-building Dornier products included CMASA and Piaggio in Italy, CASA in Spain, Kawasaki in JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh, and Aviolanda in the NetherlandsDutch redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch (disambiguation). The Netherlands ( Dutch: Nederland is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, a constitutional monarchy. It is located in northwestern Europe and borders the North Sea, Belgium. Once the Nazi government came to power and abandoned the treaty's restrictions, production resumed in Germany.
Dornier's most significant design before and during World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough was the Do 17Dornier Do 17Z-2 Description RoleLight bomber Crewfour, pilot, bomb aimer/gunner, two gunners Dimensions Length52 ft15. 80 m Wingspan60 ft18 m Height15 ft4. 55 m Wing area592 ft²55. 00 m² Weights Empty11,484 lb5,210 kg Maximum take-off19,500 lb8,590 kg Po and its derivatives, which provided the LuftwaffeThe Luftwaffe (literally, "air weapon", prounounced looft-vaaf-fa) is the air force of Germany. World War I Founded during World War I with the emergence of military aircraft, the Luftwaffe utilized a wide variety of aircraft. After the war ended, it was with a bomber and nightfighter. Dornier also developed the fastest piston-engined fighter of the war, the Do 335, which was too late to enter service. After the end of the conflict, aircraft production was again forbidden in Germany, and Dornier relocated to Spain and then to Switzerland where the firm provided aeronautical consultancy services until once again returning to Germany in 1954.
Dornier quickly re-established itself with highly successful small STOL transports such as the Do 27 and Do 28 . In 1974, it developed the Alpha Jet in a joint venture with French aircraft manufacturers Dassault and Breguet as a new standard NATO trainer.
In 1985 became a member of the Daimler-Benz group, incorporating aeronautic assets. At the same time, Lindauer DORNIER GmbH was created, spinning off textile machinery subdivisions.
In 1996 the majority of Dornier was acquired by Fairchild Aircraft, forming Fairchild-Dornier. The company became insolvent in early 2002. Production of its 328Jet was acquired by US company Avcraft. Asian interests continued to show interest in its 728 version in August, 2004, but production had not re-started.
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