The Dornier Do 231 was a project for a large vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft, studied by Dornier in the early 1970s. It grew out of a design competition run by the German Federal Ministry of Economics for a transport able to carry 100 people, and it was based on the experience of the earlier Do 31. The design had shoulder-mounted swept wings and a T-tail, with two Rolls-Royce RB.220 jet engines for cruise and twelve RB.202 lift engines for vertical flight. A civil version for Lufthansa and a military version with a stretched fuselage and rear loading ramp were drawn up. The oil crisis of 1973 made the fuel appetite of vertical take-off uneconomical, and the aircraft was cancelled in 1976 without any prototype being built.
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The Dornier Do 231 was a 1970s VTOL transport aircraft project developed by Dornier.
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a design competition conducted in the early 1970s by the German Federal Ministry of Economics to create a 100-person VTOL transport aircraft
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The Dornier Do 231 was a 1970s VTOL transport aircraft project developed by Dornier.
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the aircraft was cancelled in 1976 without a single prototype being built
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The Dornier Do 231 was a 1970s VTOL transport aircraft project developed by Dornier.
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a design competition conducted in the early 1970s by the German Federal Ministry of Economics to create a 100-person VTOL transport aircraft
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The Dornier Do 231 was a 1970s VTOL transport aircraft project developed by Dornier.
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The Dornier Do 231 was a 1970s VTOL transport aircraft project developed by Dornier.
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