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  1. Aug 5, 2021, 10:27 AM #1
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    Dornier Do 31 VTOL jet transport aircraft - GIF

    The Dornier Do 31 was an experimental VTOL jet transport aircraft developed and built by Dornier for the West German Air Force in the 1960s. Only three were built.




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    Quite a feat of engineering for the 1960s given the size of the aircraft.

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    I saw it outside at the Deutsches Museum in Munich a few decades ago. Hopefully, it was pulled inside and restored since then.
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    pretty good with out the computers we have today. Im sure the load master and engineer were quite bussy figuring loads&fuel& crew&lunch&wind&lots of other stuff



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