verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message dornier werke gmbh former type privately held company fate acquired by fairchild aircraft in 1996 successor airbus group founded 1922 defunct 2002 headquarters manzell friedrichshafen germany key people claude dornier parent daimler benz from 1985 website http www.eads.com dornier flugzeugwerke was a german aircraft manufacturer founded in friedrichshafen in 1914 by claude dornier . over the course of its long lifespan the company produced many designs for both the civil and military markets . contents 1 history 1.1 dornier seaplane company 2 dornier aircraft projects 2.1 letter designations before 1933 2.2 1933 1945 2.3 1945 present 3 dornier automobile projects 4 dornier faint object camera 5 missile projects 6 spacecraft 7 see also 8 references 9 external links history edit originally dornier metallbau dornier flugzeugwerke took over flugzeugbau friedrichshafen production facilities weingarten warnem nde and the former zeppelin shed at manzell when it failed in 1923 . dornier rose to prominence in the 1920s and 1930s as a manufacturer of large all metal flying boats including the 1924 wal english whale and the do x. dornier also built a series of successful land planes including the komet comet and merkur mercury that were used by luft hansa and other european carriers during the 1920s and early 30s . dornier built its aircraft outside germany during much of this period in compliance with 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 japan and aviolanda in the netherlands . once the nazi government came to power and abandoned the treaty s restrictions dornier resumed production in germany . dornier do 28 d 2 skyservant do 31 do 32 dassault breguet dornier alpha jet of the uk defence technology organisation qinetiq dornier s most significant military aircraft design before and during world war ii was the do 17 nicknamed the flying pencil . it was developed and first flown in 1934 as a commercial aircraft in competition for a lufthansa contract . due to its narrow fuselage hence its nickname it was not commercially attractive and was passed over by lufthansa . dornier then further developed it as a military aircraft with a prototype bomber first flying in 1935 . in 1937 it was employed in pro fascist terror bombings by the german condor legion during the spanish civil war . production continued within germany and this versatile two engined aircraft was developed by the luftwaffe into multiple combat variations . the medium bomber variant saw much service during the early part of world war ii including extensive use in the battle of britain . it was later developed into an effective nightfighter to defend germany from the raf bomber offensive . dornier developed the successful do 217 based on the do 17 ; ostensibly looking like its younger sibling this larger and much heavier bomber was in fact a completely new design . dornier also developed the fastest piston engined fighter of the war the two engined do 335 introduced too late to enter combat service . dornier s history of successful flying boats the wal family lead to new models that saw service in several armed forces around the world as well as germany including the do 22 do 18 and do 24 . after wwii 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 . post war dornier quickly re established itself with highly successful small stol transports such as the do 27 and do 28 . additionally in 1974 it developed the alpha jet as part of a joint venture with french aircraft manufacturers dassault breguet . the plane was well received and established itself as the new standard nato trainer during the 1970s and 80s . in 1983 hindustan aeronautics limited hal bought a production licence for the dornier do 228 and manufactured the aircraft for the asian market sphere . by 2013 a total of 117 dornier do 228 aircraft had been produced by hal with plans to build 20 more during 2013 14 . 1 in 1985 dornier became a member of the daimler benz group integrating its aeronautic assets with the parent company . as part of this transaction lindauer dornier gmbh was spun off creating a separate family owned firm concentrating on textile machinery design and manufacturing . the rest of the company was split into several subsidiaries for defence satellites medtech and aircraft . in 1996 the majority of dornier aircraft was acquired by fairchild aircraft forming fairchild dornier . this company became insolvent in early 2002 . production of its 328 jet was acquired by us company avcraft . asian groups continued to show interest in its 728 version in august 2004 but production had not restarted . the other subsidiaries became part of the eads the medtech division was sold to an investment company and now bears the name dornier medtech . dornier medtech manufactures medical equipment such as the dornier s lithotriptor hm3 compact delta to treat kidney stones . dornier medtech also manufactures laser devices for a wide range of applications . 2 dornier seaplane company edit the dornier family have a spin off company and project the dornier seastar . it is a turboprop powered amphibious aircraft built largely of composite materials . this was developed by claudius dornier jr. dornier aircraft projects edit letter designations before 1933 edit does not include designations for aircraft built while dornier was with zeppelin lindau dornier gs precursor to wal destroyed by military inter allied commission of control 1919 dornier do a libelle i 1921 iii redesignated do 12 dornier spatz landplane version of do a 1922 dornier do b merkur development of do c 1926 dornier do c komet i 1921 ii 1922 iii 1926 dornier do c 2 3 4 fighter unrelated to earlier do c redesignated do 10 c 2 c 3 1931 c 4 1932 dornier do d 1929 dornier do e 1924 dornier do f 1932 redesignated do 11 13 23 dornier do g grief cancelled 1920 project dornier do h falke 1922 development of dornier zeppelin d.i dornier do i 1923 twin engine long range reconnaissance aircraft dornier do j wal 1922 dornier do k k 1 1929 k 2 1929 k 3 1931 dornier do l delphin i 1920 ii 1921 iii 1927 dornier do n design for japanese as kawasaki ka 87 1926 dornier do o wal custom built version of do j 1924 dornier do p 1930 dornier do r. 2 and r. 4 superwal 1924 dornier do s 1930 dornier do t komet merkur converted to air ambulance dornier do u cancelled civil variant of do y dornier do x 1929 dornier do y 1930 redesignated do 15 additional unbuilt projects include 3 different schneider trophy racers from 1924 1928 and 1931 and a large multi engine seaplane similar to the do x with engines buried in the wings . 1933 1945 edit dornier do 10 dornier do 11 dornier do 12 dornier do 13 dornier do 14 dornier do 15 dornier do 16 dornier do 17 dornier do 18 dornier do 19 dornier do 22 dornier do 23 dornier do 24 dornier do 26 dornier do 29 1934 dornier do 212 dornier do 214 project dornier do 215 dornier do 216 project dornier do 217 dornier do 247 project dornier do 317 dornier do 335 dornier do 635 dornier p 256 1945 present edit dornier do 25 prototype for do 27 dornier do 27 dornier do 28 developed from do 27 dornier do 29 dornier do 31 dornier do 32 dornier do 128 dornier do 132 dornier do 228 developed from do 28 dornier do 231 dassault dornier alpha jet dornier 328 fairchild dornier 328jet fairchild dornier 428jet fairchild dornier 728 family dornier aerodyne dornier seawings seastar dornier s ray 007 dornier automobile projects edit dornier delta dornier delta dornier delta ii developed for hymer dornier faint object camera edit main article faint object camera nasa astronauts of space shuttle mission sts 109 remove foc during an eva dornier gmbh built the faint object camera for the hubble space telescope which was used from 1990 to 2002 . the esa funded the unit which actually consists of two complete and independent camera systems designed to provide extremely high resolution exceeding 0.05 arcseconds . it is designed to view very faint uv light from 115 to 650 nanometers in wavelength . 3 it was the last original instrument on the hubble when it was replaced by the advanced camera for surveys in 2002 . missile projects edit dornier viper spacecraft edit amc 5 satellite project 621 rocket see also edit germany portal aviation portal companies portal dornier museum friedrichshafen references edit title http articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com 2013 01 24 news 36527149 1 aircraft maritime surveillance hal % 7curl http articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com 2013 01 24 news 36527149 1 aircraft maritime surveillance hal title india to present dornier aircraft to seychelles for surveillance anti piracy missions url http articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com 2013 01 24 news 36527149 1 aircraft maritime surveillance hal foc faint object camera . hubble . european space agency . 2006 12 12 . retrieved 2007 02 07 . external links edit luft 46 dfw s web page dornier museum friedrichshafen wikimedia commons has media related to dornier . v t e fairchild aircraft subsidiaries dornier flugzeugwerke amc 5 dornier museum friedrichshafen dornier viper faint object camera flugzeugbau friedrichshafen project 621 z ndapp janus fairchild aircraft ltd. hiller aircraft kreider reisner kreider reisner midget meyers midget ranger fairchild engines aum n 2 petrel republic aircraft products international cometary explorer sam n 2 lark xsm 73 goose people claude dornier sherman fairchild stanley hiller related elbit systems hiller aviation museum m7 aerospace united helicopters v t e dornier and zeppelin lindau aircraft zeppelin lindau 1914 1919 rs.i rs.ii rs.iii rs.iv c.i c.ii cs.i cl.ii d.i v1 dornier designations 1919 1933 do a do b do c do d do e do f do g do h do j do k do l do n do o do p do q do r do s do t do u do v do x do y delphin komet libelle merkur spatz wal rlm designations 1933 1945 do 10 do 11 do 12 do 13 do 14 do 15 do 16 do 17 do 18 do 19 do 20 do 22 do 23 do 24 do 25 do 26 do 29 do 212 do 214 do 215 do 216 do 217 do 317 do 318 do 335 do 417 do 435 do 635 p. 59 p. 85 p. 174 p. 184 p. 192 p. 231 p. 232 p. 238 p. 247 p. 252 p. 254 p. 256 p. 273 p. 1075 dornier designations post 1945 do 24 do 25 do 27 do 28 do 29 do 31 do 32 do 34 do 128 do 132 do 228 do 231 328 328 jet 428 528 728 jet 928jet aerodyne alpha jet projekt 621 seastar s ray 007 see also claudius dornier and dornier museum friedrichshafen retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dornier flugzeugwerke & oldid 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