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ZEPPELIN-DORNIER COMPANY.

The Zeppelin-Dornier Company is located at Friedrrich-shafen and Mr. Dornier had been placed in absolute charge of designs and construction of all-metal heavier-than-air work for the Zeppelin Company. Dr. Rohrbach was formerly with the Zeppelin Company and had charge of heavier-than-air all-metal design work at their Staaken plant outside of Berlin, but he has since severed connections to associate himself with Dr. Rumpler. There is no necessity for describing the older types of Dornier machines that were built prior to 1918. They were principally of the flying boat, monoplane type.

One of the later types developed in 1918, called the D-1, a single-seater pursuit, powered with a 180 B. M. W. engine and constructed of metal throughout, even to the covering of the wings, and a very interesting departure from all-metal airplane construction in Europe. This machine has a spread of 7.8 meters, length over all of 6.4 meters, area of 18.6 square meters, carries a live load of 180 kilogrammes and weighs, empty, 690 kilogrammes.

The wing construction is characteristic of Dornier standard


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