Dornier Do R

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Do R Superwal
Type	Airliner
Manufacturer	Dornier
Maiden flight	September 1926
Primary users	Lufthansa SANA
Number built	19

The Dornier Do R Superwal was a German flying boat airliner of the 1920s.

Contents 1 Development 2 Operational history 3 Variants 4 Operators 5 Specifications (variant) 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Development

The Do R was a larger development of the Do J, with larger wing and longer fuselage. All but the first three built also had four engines in place of the Do J's two. The Do R could carry 19 passengers in two cabins; 11 in the forward cabin and eight in the rear.

[edit] Operational history

Apart from their use by Lufthansa, the Superwals saw regular service with Italian airline SANA into the early 1930s, with at least one machine actually being assembled in Italy by CMASA.

[edit] Variants

• R2 - early version with two Rolls-Royce Condor III engines (3 built)
• R4 - definitive version with four engines in two tractor-pusher pairs
  • R4 Gas - with Gnome et Rhône-built Bristol Jupiter engines (2 built)
  • R4 Nas - with Napier Lion engines (2 built)
  • R4 Sas - with Siemens-built Bristol Jupiter engines (10 built)
  • R4 Cas - with Pratt & Whitney Hornet engines (2 built)

[edit] Operators

 Italy

• SANA

 Weimar Republic

• Lufthansa

[edit] Specifications (variant)

[edit] References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 328. 
• World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing, File 892 Sheet 27. 
• "Berlin Aero Show 1928" (18 October 1928). Flight: 908-09. 
• "The New Dornier Super-Wal" (12 January 1928). Flight: 18. 
• "The Dornier Super-Wal" (9 December 1926). Flight: 817. 
• "A New Dornier Super-Wal" (22 March 1928). Flight: 199. 

[edit] External links

• German aircraft between 1919 - 1945

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