12 Facts About Dornier Flugzeugwerke

Dornier Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in Friedrichshafen in 1914 by Claude Dornier.

Originally Dornier Metallbau, Dornier Flugzeugwerke took over Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen production facilities when it failed in 1923.

Dornier Flugzeugwerke was well known between the two world wars as a manufacturer of large, all-metal flying boats and of land based airliners.

Foreign factories licence-building Dornier Flugzeugwerke products included CMASA and Piaggio in Italy, CASA in Spain, Kawasaki in Japan, and Aviolanda in the Netherlands.

Dornier Flugzeugwerke then developed it further as a military aircraft, with a prototype bomber flying in 1935, and in 1937 it was used in by the German Condor Legion during the Spanish Civil War.

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Dornier Flugzeugwerke developed the similar looking Do 217 from the Do 17 but it was a larger and completely new design.

Dornier Flugzeugwerke developed the fastest piston-engined fighter of the war, the twin-engined Do 335, which was too late to see service.

Post-war, Dornier Flugzeugwerke re-established itself with successful STOL Do 27 and Do 28 utility planes.

In 1985, Dornier Flugzeugwerke became a member of the Daimler-Benz group, integrating its aeronautic assets with the parent company.

In 1996, the majority of Dornier Flugzeugwerke Aircraft was acquired by Fairchild Aircraft, forming Fairchild Dornier Flugzeugwerke.

Dornier Flugzeugwerke family have a spin-off company and project, the Dornier Flugzeugwerke Seastar.

Dornier Flugzeugwerke GmbH built the Faint Object Camera for the Hubble Space Telescope, which was used from 1990 to 2002.