Stanley Paine: Dornier Do X

Artist: Stanley Paine
1934 -
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1988
Image Size: 15.5 by 18 inches
Overall Size: 20 by 22.625 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Cold Press Illustration Board

One of the most ambitious aircraft ever built, the Dornier Do X flying boat proved quite unsuited for its task as a long range transport. It was built in only two prototype forms. The aircraft was designed in 1926 to satisfy Dr. Claude Dornier's wish to scale up the Wal formula to the greatest possible size. The Wal flying boat was designed as a long range aircraft, but the Do X refined many of the most desirable features. The first Do X appeared in 1929 and was then by far the world's largest, heaviest, and most powerful aircraft. On October 21, 1929, it carried into the air a record number of passengers -- a total of 169, which was quite an achievement for the type of aircraft and the period in aviation history. The total of 169 was made up of 150 legitimate passengers, ten crew, and nine stowaways. Accommodation aboard the Do X was exceptionally luxurious, usually composed of thirty-two double seats and two single seats on the main deck of this three-deck aircraft. One November 2, 1930, the Do X left Fredrichshafar for a trans-atlantic proving flight. After an eventful and inauspicious flight, it did not reach New York until August 27, 1931, almost ten months after departure. Transferred to Deutsche Lufthansa, the Do X was almost immediately handed over the the German aviation research establishment, DVL. It was then placed in a Berlin museum where it was eventually destroyed by bombing during World War II.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Europa First Day Cover Collection Great Airplanes of Europe produced in 1988.

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