Do24 ATT accident at Scalaria

It’s available as an ebook from the Apple Store

Yes, for $16 now (was $22 when I got)

This link, can get a sample.
(long version of link)

Thanks, not my usual source! 😉

It’s available as an ebook from the Apple Store

The grandson of he great Claudius Dornier, Iren Dornier, owns and flies this silver beauty. He wrote an interesting book on how he acquired and managed to run a successful business with it (Mission Dream).

Interesting. Could not find any reference to this book in the usual sources. Was it a limited edition or private issue?

Edit. Sorry, checked the link and see it is not available currently. Will have to check the airshow swop meets!

Looks like they only just got away with that. Pilots’ brows must have been sweaty afterwards! What a relief that everyone (aircraft included) was OK!

Title made my hair stand on end. Thankfully it was far from tragic.

The grandson of he great Claudius Dornier, Iren Dornier, owns and flies this silver beauty. He wrote an interesting book on how he acquired and managed to run a successful business with it (Mission Dream).

I had the opportunity to inspect a Do-24T in Munich, it is built with multiple full sealing bulkheads, 7 at a guess. It looks like only 1 was compromised so it was unlikely it would sink (unlike the PBY-6a that sank off Florida coast)
Claudius Dornier preferred to use sponsons for aquatic stability instead of tip floats. In operation the Dornier boats where able to negotiate much rougher seas than tip float types.
I read of a story where a Sunderland found some downed RAF airmen but could not land in heavy seas, they where able to attract attention of Luftwaffe Do-24 Sea-Rescue which successfully rescued the crew and took off, where upon the two parted ways (maybe with a wave).

Notice in the video the left wing tip was fully submerged in water, but righted itself.

Very impressive. Glad there were no injuries and only superficial damage by the look of it. I was under the impression that this aircraft had been grounded in the Phillipines?

IIRC, the Philippines did not/could not properly insure security of its aircraft, or maybe due to terrorist activities, so lost some international certificate and that would forbid any Philippine registered aircraft in Europe. Iren was able to get the ATT registered in Germany last year.

(On a side note, the tail plane is a scaled up Do-17 one. )

Is this aircraft a regular on the airshow circuit in mainland Europe?

It was certainly at Biggin Hill in 2007 I think it was?
Had a good look inside it….very plush!

I’ve seen in cockpit video of them doing that before though not quite so fast… If you watch closely you’ll see he has full left rudder throughout – the left turn. Very impressive though.

Great shame to see something like that happen but as others have mentioned everyone appears to be ok.
Ive never really taken much notice of the type before, but what a magnificent flying machine they / it is / was!

Rob

Very impressive. Glad there were no injuries and only superficial damage by the look of it. I was under the impression that this aircraft had been grounded in the Phillipines?

Blimy, I bet their bottoms were going sixpence half a crown ! Glad all ended safely.

Is this aircraft a regular on the airshow circuit in mainland Europe?

The full link, with a picture of the damage at the bottom:
https://www.austrianwings.info/2015/07/landeunfall-von-dornier-do-24-bei-der-scalaria-am-wolfgangsee/

See here. https://vimeo.com/133906998

Like a groundloop, but more aquatic. Certainly whips round!