Claudius Dornier
Aircraft designer
1884 – 1969
Who was Claudius Dornier?
Claude Honoré Desiré Dornier born in Kempten im Allgäu was a German airplane builder and founder of Dornier GmbH. His legacy remains in the few aircraft named after him, including the Dornier Do 18 and the 12-engine Dornier Do X flying boat, for decades the world's largest and most powerful airplane.
The son of a French wine importer and his German wife, Claude Dornier was born in Bavaria where he grew up and attended school, with science being his chief interest. Dornier then moved to Munich, where he graduated in 1907 from the Technical University.
As a young engineer Dornier first worked on strength calculations at Nagel Engineering Works in Karlsruhe. In 1910, he joined Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen on the Bodensee, where his advanced abilities quickly attracted Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin's attention.
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- Born
- May 14, 1884
Kempten - Nationality
- Germany
- France
- Education
- Technical University of Munich
- Employment
- Dornier Flugzeugwerke
- Died
- Dec 5, 1969
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on July 23, 2013
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