Dornier was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
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Claudius Dornier
Claude (Claudius) Honoré Désiré Dornier was a Franco-German 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.
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business · German aircraft designer · military flight engineer · aerospace engineer · entrepreneur · engineer · also Claudius Dornier, Claude Dornier, Dornier
Born 14 May 1884 · Died 5 December 1969 · Q71007
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1969· 1 entry
Died 1969-12-05.
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1964).
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Ludwig-Prandtl-Ring (1959).
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1940· 1 entry
And during the Second World War his company created many aircraft for the German armed forces
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1922· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Stuttgart (1922).
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1910· 1 entry
Joined Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen on the Bodensee, where his abilities quickly attracted Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's attention
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1884· 1 entry
Born 1884-05-14.
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