Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen

Aviation museum in Friedrichshafen Airport, Baden-Württemberg
Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen
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Established24 July 2009
LocationFriedrichshafen Airport, Baden-Württemberg
TypeAviation museum
DirectorHans-Peter Rien[1]
CuratorJulia Menzer
Websitedorniermuseum.de

The Dornier Museum Friedrichshafen is an aerospace museum located in the German town of Friederichshafen near Lake Constance. The museum exhibits the aircraft designs of Claude Dornier, the Dornier company and aerospace products of Airbus.[2]

Exhibits

Displayed at the museum are Dornier aircraft types (including licensed-production), unmanned aerial vehicles, models and historical photographs, plus aerospace equipment including satellites.

Aircraft

Exhibits include the following aircraft types, among other things like a car and Startrek memorabilia:

Bell UH-1D, Breguet Atlantic, Canadair CL-289, Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet, Dornier Merkur, Dornier Do J Wal (Replica), Dornier Do 27, Dornier Do 28 A1, Dornier Do 28 D Skyservant, Dornier Do 29, Dornier Do 31 E1, Dornier 228, Dornier 328, Dornier Kiebitz, Fiat G.91.

Engines

A number of aircraft engines used by Dornier aircraft types are also displayed, among them :

Daimler-Benz DB 603 (Powered the Dornier Do 335), Bristol Siddeley Pegasus 5–2 (Main engine for the Dornier Do 31), Rolls-Royce RB 162-4D (Lift engine for the Dornier Do 31)

Satellites

GEOS, ISEE-B, Ulysses – First inter-planetary probe to the poles of the sun, European Remote-Sensing Satellite

Gallery

  • At Night
    At Night
  • Aircraft on display in the main exhibition hall
    Aircraft on display in the main exhibition hall
  • Do24 ATT
    Do24 ATT
  • DoX
    DoX
  • RS1
    RS1
  • Do214
    Do214
  • Do228
    Do228
  • Dornier Wal N25
    Dornier Wal N25
  • Do31
    Do31
  • Museumsbox
    Museumsbox
  • Seemoos 2016
    Seemoos 2016

See also

References

  1. ^ "David Dornier verlässt das Dornier-Museum".
  2. ^ Dornier Museum – Aviation Archived 14 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved:17 January 2013

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dornier Museum.
  • Official website (in German and English)

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