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The Dornier Libelle II in the Deutsches Museum München | |
Role | flying-boat |
Manufacturer | Dornier |
Designer | Claudius Dornier |
First flight | 16 August 1921 |
Number built | 2x Do A + 5x Libelle I + 3x Libelle II |
Variants | Dornier Spatz |
The Dornier Libelle (en:"Dragonfly I"), also designated Do A, was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying-boat aircraft, with partly fabric covered wings. A landplane version, built without sponsons and fitted with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage was produced as the Dornier Spatz.
A Libelle II VQ-FAB, manufacturers number 117 built in 1925, which operated in Fiji, is displayed in the Deutsches Museum in the centre of Munich.
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