Dornier Komet

what is it?

The Dornier Komet (Comet), Merkur (Mercury), Do C, Do D, and Do T were a family of aircraft designed and manufactured by the German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke. Developed during the 1920s, the aircraft was originally operated as a small airliner. Military variants were subsequently developed, including a heavily modified floatplane torpedo bomber model.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 19.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• size 3,600 kgmax take-off weight

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 105 years ago, in 1921.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 19.6 m: about 4 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

1921

number built

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role

airliner

makers

Dornier

engines

1× BMW VI

length

12.5 m

wingspan

19.6 m

height

3.6 m

max take-off weight

3,600 kg

top speed

200 km/h

cruise speed

180 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,200 m

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