Gene Jarvis: Dornier Wal Airplane/Seaplane

Artist: Gene Jarvis
1921 - 1990
Nationality: American
Artwork Year: 1979
Image Size: 9.5 by 9 inches
Overall Size: 12.75 by 12.5 inches
Medium: Pen and Ink on Hot Press Illustration Board

The Wal first flew in November 1924. The flight as well as most of the production through 1932 took place in Italy because all aviation activity in Germany was prohibited after World War I. It was designed as a passenger flying boat for oceanic use and later found use as a military flying boat for patrol and search-and rescue duties. The Wal featured a very rugged metal construction which made it ideal for long distance pioneering flights. Wolfgang Gronau flew a Wal from Greenland to Chicago in 1930. Two years later he successfully attempted a flight around the world in his Wal. The Wal was the last commercial flying boat in Germany and also marked both the climax and the end of German commercial flying boat duties.

Two primary versions existed: the Wal-Militär (military) and the Wal-Verkehr (commercial). There were a large number of subversions which differed mainly in the choice of engines.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® GeFirst Day Cover for Germany, 1979.

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