The Dornier Do X: The world’s largest ‘flying boat’ that could barely get off the ground, 1929-1933

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The Dornier Do-X was the largest, heaviest, and most powerful flying boat in the world when it was produced by the Dornier company of Germany in 1929. With a wingspan of 157 feet (48 meters) and length of 130 feet (40 meters), the Do X was powered by 12 engines and carried 169 passengers. First […]