Dornier Do 27

what is it?

The Dornier Do 27 is a German single-engine STOL utility aircraft that was designed and manufactured by Dornier GmbH (later DASA Dornier and Fairchild-Dornier). It was notable for being the first mass-produced aircraft in Germany following the end of the Second World War. The Do 27's precursor, the Do 25, was developed by Dornier at the firm's facilities in Spain in order to satisfy a Spanish military requirement that called for a light utility aircraft with short takeoff and landing (STOL) performance.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 250 km/htop speed
• range 870 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 5passengers
• size 1,570 kgmax take-off weight
• built 628made in total

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 70 years ago, in 1956.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1956-10-17

number built

628

role

stol light utility aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Dornier

engines

1× Lycoming GO-480-B1A6

crew

1

passengers

5

length

10.1 m

wingspan

12 m

height

4.2 m

max take-off weight

1,570 kg

top speed

250 km/h

cruise speed

205 km/h

range

870 km

ceiling

5,500 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.