In Service:
First Flight:
Manufacturer: Dornier
Number built:
Type: Flying boat transport project
Crew: 12 men 40 passengers
Length: 51.6 m
Wingspan: 60 m
Wing area: 500 m²
Height: 14.3 m
Empty: 76,000 kg
Loaded: 145,000 kg
Engine: 8 ×
Daimler-Benz
DB 613A 24 cylinder liquid cooled supercharged inline
engine producing up to 3,800 hp each
Maximum speed: 490 km/h
Range: 6,200 km
Service ceiling: 7,000 m
Armament:
none
Electronics:
Operators: Luftwaffe
Variants:
Other: Projects
Articles:
The Dornier Do 214 was a eight engines transatlantic flying
boat project for 40 passengers . Designed in 1941 after tests
with
Gö
8 model. Four pusher and four tractor airscrews
The Warplanes of the Third Reich.
ISBN-10: 0385057822
German Aircraft of the Second World War.
ISBN-10: 0370000242
Hitler's Luftwaffe.
ISBN-10: 051718771X
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sources