Hauksbee 103 Posted May 30, 2017 Nice account of early German aviation, and the rise of Claude Dornier and Willi Messerschmidt. The latter half turns into a puff-piece for post-War revival of the German aviation industry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted May 30, 2017 Thanks for sharing, Hauksbee - will watch it tomorrow with the morning coffee. Claude Dornier, by the way, had a French father and citizenship. Even after getting the German one in Württemberg, he kept the French one. Human beings are funny, aren't they? He built aircraft, which were used to attack his own fatherland. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hauksbee 103 Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) Claude Dornier, by the way, had a French father and citizenship. I assumed from this that he was born in France and more than likely lived there for a while. I looked up Claude Dornier, and found that he was born in Kempten, Bavaria. Is it possible that he inherited French citizenship through his father? Edited May 31, 2017 by Hauksbee Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted May 31, 2017 ...found that he was born in Kempten, Bavaria. Is it possible that he inherited French citizenship through his father? Yes, it seems so, Hauksbee. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimAttrill 24 Posted June 12, 2017 If I can be picky, if you look at the first pictures of the Do-X the commentary says it had Bristol Jupiter engines but the actual video shows the later version with Curtiss Conqueror in-lines and not radials. It is believed they were used on the cross-Atlantic trip because they were American and would popularise the flight there. Other videos show the radials .... The Jupiter was the most successful engine of the 20s, being made under licence by Siemens, Gnome-Rhone, Alfa Romeo, Pzl in Poland, Walter in Czechoslovakia and Shvetsov in Russia. In fact the Russians made the most! An uprated version of the Jupiter - the Bramo 323 powered the early Do17s which brings us back full circle! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted June 12, 2017 Wow! The engineer strikes, with "knowledge carpet bombing"! Good knowledge, Jim! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimAttrill 24 Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) In earlier days I was lucky enough to work on some piston aircraft engines - a dirty job, but fun. One of these was the Bristol Hercules, a 14 cylinder two-row sleeve valve radial. Being a sleeve-valve there were no tappets to adjust but still 28 plugs to change! It was descended from the Jupiter as were all Bristol radials. All designed by Roy Fedden. Later I worked on RR and Bristol-Siddley jet engines and even saw the Concorde Olympus being run in reheat on the testbed. I carried on from my father who was too young for WWI but joined the RAF in 1922 and worked on RR Falcon, Eagle and Napier Lion engines in the early days. I have just watched the whole video and have a couple of comments: Firstly, I disagree with the pronunciation of Do as 'dough' (as in bread). That would be the same as pronouncing Me as in give it to 'me'. Me was always pronounced in English as 'emm-eee' and Do pronounced as 'dee-oh'. (and Fw can only be pronounced as 'eff-doubleyew'). And the Do 335 while a great achievement is not the only aircraft with that 'pull-push' configuration. Note the Cessna Skymaster and the military version the O-2. If you want to read about flying the Do 335 Eric Brown flew one in 1945-6 and wrote about it in one of his books. The one he flew later went to RAE Farnborough and crashed, killing the pilot after a rear engine fire burnt through the control cables. IIRC the aircraft was very fast but not very manoueverable. Edited June 14, 2017 by JimAttrill Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
