My (dim) recollection of this aircraft is that the wing is modern based on Dornier’s 227 Turbo prop commuter aircraft. The fuselage and tail group is an ex Spanish airforce Do24. Dornier was still family owned and they had intended to build a modern utility amphibian. My recollection is that this project led to the bankruptcy of the company. The new Fairchild Dornier rose from the ashes and then fell over, or should that be caught fire again, and collapsed a couple of years ago whilst trying to launch the Fairchild-Dornier 728.

Chris