what is it?
The Dornier Do 13 was a short-lived 1930s German bomber design. It was the designation given to the aircraft resulting from attempts to improve on the Do 11. However, only a few were built, because the design changes caused serious problems, with many of the first flights ending in crashes.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · shoulder wing · 28 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 28 m: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Range of 1,200 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1933-02
- number built
- —
- role
- bomber
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Dornier
- engines
- 2× BMW VI
- length
- 18.8 m
- wingspan
- 28 m
- height
- 5.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 8,600 kg
- top speed
- 260 km/h
- range
- 1,200 km
- ceiling
- 4,600 m
- wings
- shoulder wing
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q820420, Wikipedia: Dornier Do 13 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.