The Dornier Libelle, also designated Do A and meaning Dragonfly, was a small German flying boat of the 1920s built by Dornier. It was an open-cockpit, all-metal parasol-wing monoplane with partly fabric-covered wings. The seaplane came in a prototype, a standard first version and an improved Libelle II, and the same airframe was also built without sponsons and with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage as the landplane Dornier Spatz. The Libelle I carried a crew of one and two passengers on a single 45 kW radial engine. A Libelle II built in 1925 and used in Fiji survives in the Deutsches Museum in Munich.
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The Dornier Libelle (en:"Dragonfly I"), also designated Do A, was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying boat aircraft
Specifications (Libelle I), powerplant
Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh 4 5-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 45 kW (60 hp)
Survivor
A Libelle II VQ-FAB, manufacturers number 117 built in 1925, which operated in Fiji, is displayed in the Deutsches Museum in the centre of Munich.
Specifications (Libelle I), empty weight
Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb)
Specifications (Libelle I), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 120 km/h (75 mph, 65 kn)
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The Dornier Libelle (en:"Dragonfly I"), also designated Do A, was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying boat aircraft
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The Dornier Libelle (en:"Dragonfly I"), also designated Do A, was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying boat aircraft
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The Dornier Libelle (en:"Dragonfly I"), also designated Do A, was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying boat aircraft
In Group: Early and Interwar Flying Boats, Lead, vehicle type group
The Dornier Libelle (en:"Dragonfly I"), also designated Do A, was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying boat aircraft
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The Dornier Libelle (en:"Dragonfly I"), also designated Do A, was a German open-cockpit, all-metal, parasol wing, monoplane flying boat aircraft
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