Claude (Claudius) Honoré Désiré Dornier (14 May 1884 – 5 December 1969) was a German-French airplane designer and founder of Dornier GmbH . His notable designs include the 12-engine Dornier Do X flying boat, for decades the world's largest and most powerful airplane. He also made several other successful aircraft.
8-519: Dornier may refer to: Claudius Dornier (1884–1969), German aircraft designer and builder Dornier Flugzeugwerke , German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1914 by Claudius Dornier Dornier Consulting , international consulting and project management company Fairchild-Dornier , in 1996, Fairchild took on this name, when it purchased Dornier's assets, see Fairchild Aircraft Lindauer Dornier , German textile machinery manufacturer Dornier Wines ,
16-791: A French wine importer and his German wife, Claude Dornier was born in Kempten im Allgäu in Bavaria where he grew up and attended school, with science being his chief interest. Dornier then moved to Munich , where he graduated in 1907 from the Technical University . As a young engineer, Dornier first worked on strength calculations at the Nagel Engineering Works in Karlsruhe . In 1910 he joined Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen on
24-463: A winery in South Africa See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Dornier List of military aircraft of Germany by manufacturer#Dornier Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dornier . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
32-894: Is a German aerospace society . It was founded in 1912 under the name of Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Flugtechnik (WGF). It is the second oldest technical and scientific society in aerospace in the world. The DGLR published some of the Zeitschrift für Flugtechnik und Motorluftschiffahrt (ZFM) ("Journal of Aviation Engineering and Motorized-Airship Aeronautics") until 1933 In 1993 Hermann-Oberth-Gesellschaft , Otto-Lilienthal-Gesellschaft , Gesellschaft für Raketentechnik und Weltraumfahrt e.V. and Fachverband für Luftfahrt e.V. were combined to form Deutschen Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal - Oberth e.V. The following awards are given out by DGLR for outstanding contributions: This article about an organisation based in Germany
40-511: The Bodensee , where his abilities quickly attracted Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin 's attention. Soon appointed as the Count's personal scientific advisor, Dornier began working on improving the strength of light metal sections, and later on aircraft engineering and giant metal flying boats and was responsible for the development of the first stressed skin all-metal monocoque aircraft designs, including
48-780: The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt (German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics) for "outstanding contribution in the field of aerospace engineering" in 1959. His son, Claudius Dornier Jr. [ de ] , was also an aircraft designer. In 1987 Dornier was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum . Deutsche Gesellschaft f%C3%BCr Luft- und Raumfahrt German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics ( DGLR ; German : Deutsche Gesellschaft für Luft- und Raumfahrt - Lilienthal-Oberth e.V. )
56-684: The Zeppelin-Lindau D.I , which was the first such aircraft to enter production. After political pressure he joined the Nazi Party in 1940 and during the Second World War his company created many aircraft for the German armed forces . After the war during the denazification of Germany, Claude Dornier was classified as a " Follower " (Group IV). Dornier received the Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring from
64-399: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dornier&oldid=950887158 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Claudius Dornier The son of
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