Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow)

By Mr Gustavo Uruena A and Atenas Editores Asociados

Interwar EraAfter the end of the war in November 1918, Zeppelin-Lindau, headed by Dornier, continued to work on aeroplane design, taking over the old Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen GmbH factory at Manzell. A small batch of 19 Dornier C Us were produced here for the Swiss Air Force. Meanwhile Dornier turned his attention to commercial aviation, although this was technically in violation of the terms of the Armistice. His first design was the Gs I six-passenger flying boat powered by two 270 hp Maybach engines again arranged in tandem. A feature of the aircraft, which was to become a characteristic of most Dornier flying boats, was the provision of stubby auxiliary wings or Stummel in place of the more conventional outrigger floats. Despite its success, the Gs I had to be sunk off Kiel on 25 April 1920, rather than let it fall into the hands of the Allied Control Commission.To avoid the repetition of such a mishap, the company's next aircraft, the single-engine Cs 2 Delphin (Dolphin) was assembled across the Bodensee (Lake Constance) at Rohrschach in neutral Switzerland. This five-passenger flying boat was flown for the first time on 24 November 1920, and was followed, in 1921 by a landplane version, the C 3 Komet (Comet) and a two-seat flying boat, the Do A Libelle (Dragonfly) I. Both of the latter were carefully tailored to fit within the Control Commission's strict weight and performance limits.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1535443707
• ISBN13: 9781535443708
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"