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| | Dornier Do.31, Stock Photography, Pictures, Experimental Aircraft, Reasearch, Aviation, Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Dornier DO-31 (Berman experimental VTOL transport) made and tested in Munich, Ger as a prototype VTOL transport able to support VTOL combat aircraft in the field. |
 | | By tilting the cruise engine nozzles, the Do 31 was accelerated to the speed of approximately 250kph required for aerodynamic horizontal flight, and the eight lift-producing engines were stopped again after 20 seconds. |
 | | The Do 31, which established several world records during its ferry flight to the 1969 Paris Air Show, was the first and so-far only vertical take-off jet transport built in the world. |
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