A flight aboard the DoX - 1930

[drstevenrey]

About piloting one of these..

The flight engineer was in the engineers room with the throttles and mixture controls and the propeller controls. This room was a conciderable distance (about 30 feet) from the actual cockpit where the guy sat that was flying the "ship". That was amazing.

[375GTB]

"Build and complete" it should be in English..

Actually they are the same thing..

[dc10driver1]

I fly for a living today. The guys who flew these things were "real pilots". Took a lot of guts! But they also loved what they were doing!

Thanks for this wonderful footage Bomberguy!

[MrRonnieG]

What do you want to bet, on occasion, they actually forgot to start a couple of those engines???

[MrRonnieG]

They never told the passengers the REAL reason why they carried a live canary in a cage!!

[MrRonnieG]

I understand it took, on average, 3 hours & 25 minutes to start all the engines!

[MrRonnieG]

At least the pilots who flew these things were perfect for their next vocational career ~ driving a bus.

[MrRonnieG]

So this thing had, what?, about 240 engines on it? And each one probably put out, oh, 120 horse power, eh?

[drstevenrey]

@MrRonnieG ..That's 12 engines and the output was 640 hp. That was all the crappy american engines from Curtiss were able to deliver. Much later the X2 and X3 had Alfa Romeo engines with 1200 hp each.

[Jjames763]

@ChrisTelevision

The Do- X is actually only 10 miles per hour faster than a 'Hindenburg'-class airship, and the 'Hindenburg' class was far more spacious, quiet, smooth and luxurious than the Do-X. Also, the Do-X, being a flying boat, had to land on water. The Hindenburg and Graf Zeppelin ll had ranges of 11,000 miles, and could land inland.

[Niko28j]

I just produce a documentary about Blexen at Nordenham. For a scene in the movie, I need footage of a "DO X ". Blexen (Nordenham) used to be the last village before America. From Blexen to New York, flew a DO-X. Unfortunately, only once. Because at the same time from Berlin to New York also flew a DO-X. Perhaps you have a scene from the DO-X from Blexen to New York? Maybe a stop in New York? Or a start of Blexen? Or just the other way around? Thank you!

[930228bv183]

The Dornier landed in Newfoundland in 1930 and a picture of it in my parents album was a mystery to me until now. My picture has the crew standing on the top between the motors. I'm thrilled to have the solution !

[KittyyyTobyan428]

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[ChrisTevelvision]

But if Germany had the Hindenburg, but also had a Do X why keep Hindenburg? Do X was faster? Also why no Nazi symbols?

[klesmer]

@ChrisTevelvision I believe she may have been a tad too early . I don't think tha Nazi's had a firm grip at that time, if they had she would have been wearing the swastika.

[ChrisTevelvision]

This is like the spruce goose of the 20's

[SuperMatschbirne]

Great footage. Flying was a real adventure at that time...

[toocoolforu]

It's a shame Europe was destroyed by carpet bombing in the 40s. So much was lost. But in the same time the nazis had to be stopped.

[kolbpilot]

I wonder what the decible level was for the passengers, even though they look comfortable enough. Great, obscure footage.

[49bobbyk]

What an adventure to fly in the Do X!

[straighttailpilot]

great video! thanks for posting!

[warp65]

Bomberguy! where on earth do you dig up all this incredible footage. Keep it up.

[ANewNormalcy]

1:38 - "Tell him to stop fliming me with my mistress"

[PERIZ99]

Beautiful machine..!!

[Muinaismuisto]

What an unbelievable machine!

[wolflau737]

Not too big for the engines. They just did not understand back then that the engine configuration was causing the prop wash to destroy the lift on half of the available wing surface. There was enough wing and enough thrust but the configuration negated it. That was why she could not climb out of the "ground effect" with a full load.

[RatPfink66]

@wolflau737 Interesting...So that's why we've never seen another plane with engines on a superstructure.

[Amalek61]

The captain spoke surprisingly good English for a native German speaker, for that time.

[TheMe110]

Once it landed in my homecity Frankfurt/Main on the river Main!

[420witchdoctor]

Haha, that thing is a beast.

[skot66]

Awesome footage! Thanks Bomberguy!

[darkdjo]

Awesome video ! Thank you for sharing it.

[hwoods01]

starts off with a nazi accent, then @ );31 you can see all the white ppl around the plane... no black ppl at all.. racism..

[mabrady163]

What?? What does that have to do with anything?

[mabrady163]

Look it's important to remember that this was a revolution in air travel for 1929-1930. It was the Concorde of its day, only for the rich and not profitable for Lufthansa, but it was a great technical achievement for country that had just lost a war a dozen years before. What the heck does racism have to do with it???

[odessaforever88]

They were where they belong amoung their own kind! What do you call that?!

[Heppingen1]

Vielen Dank für diese gute Dokumentation über ein Stück Deutscher Luftfahrtgeschichte !

[eng081194]

Thought I saw Nancy Pelosi demanding first class and I even heard her say... AHH hell I dont have to pay for this... thats what tax payers do!!!!!!

[anonluvanon]

@eng081194 retarded attempt at a political joke/statement was utterly retarded.

[eng081194]

Well excuuuuse me !!!!!!! So sorry to offend such a precious liberal whose tender ears cannot handle the truth !!!

[anonluvanon]

who says im liberal? Oh wait, only you.

[flyboy83297]

lol nice vid, nice filmage back then, lol at

1:23

thats a big steering wheel/thingy lol

[achimreinhardt]

Sehr schönes Video!

Danke!

[Hippergasm]

More enjoyable than the "Poking fun" video; too bad there's no footage extant of Dornier's WWI flying boat giants he built while working for Zeppelin-Lindau...that would be something to see!

Bomberguy, you post the greatest stuff!

[LanzmanJan]

I really love that powerfull machine!

[Duchovicius]

Wow, what a great air planes:)) I like old time air forces. It has sth, maybe this "soul" that today's super modern jets doesn't have:) 5 stars:)

[Clerence1969]

Would really like to find out what happend to the other two planes, in Italy...

I already knowed, that the first one, wich was exhibited in Berlin, was destroyed by Air Raid...

Near to the end of WW2, the Collection in Berlin was divided, and Planes was tooken away, most of them to occupated Poland, where they still are, some of them in desolate shape, sadly...

[otoya2006]

Como siempre, los videos de bomberguy son excelentes.

[Oracle13]

WOW! Thank you!!! Ive always had a fascination with this brute, but Ive never seen it actually *fly* in a video! Great stuff!!

[EVELYNEMIL]

Very nice channel!' Greetings from Miami.

[FashTurbo]

they took the term flying boat quite literaly with this one

[TheBeckfamilyVideos]

I love your channel. Where do you get these videos! I have just recently learned of the Ford Flivver or sky flivver. I was wondering if you have any video clips or know where to find any? Thank you

[DrainExpress]

Awesome, thank you for posting !

[emforty2]

i wish i was born on that era

were we had seaplanes, dirigibles, autogyros, and such

jets are so boring...its great to get there fast but its no fun

i feel worse than a cattle going for a plane ride today they poke and peek and pat you worse than a cow ha ha ha

[GerbilEssences]

Do nuts!

[dbz4lifemm]

that's some pretty fantastic footage! I'm 26 years old, and anything that was filmed before color tv was invented just astounds the crap out of me. Was that the actual audio during the flight there though?

[timmie426]

Its more a boat than an airplane...

[sanpedrojohn]

I wonder if that's where the term "Flying Boat" came from. Hmmm ....

[mackat4ck]

It looks just like a ship with wings, doesn't it?

[indianchief741]

I want one!!!!!!!!

[modelleg]

No problem changing the oil in the DoX, just taxi up to a tanker.

[Raven00088888]

if tou wanna feel like on that plane,, try airbus A380...

[Raven00088888]

Today This Aircraft is replaced by Airbus A380...

[floydturbo2]

Really a amazing aircraft. Wonder if any are still around?

[chrisdd271]

no...only 2 exemplares existed, but booth were gettin destroyed in WW2

[floydturbo2]

Thanks for the info

[tradjazzplayer]

Actually three planes existed. One was destroyed in a museum in Berlin during an air-raid in November 1943, two others were sold to Italy. Their destiny is unknown.

[chrisdd271]

right but one of these was not ready for commercial use. Seats and a lot of other stuff was not installed.

[65Dart]

The cockpit looks like the bridge of a ship - no wonder this behemoth couldn't get out of it's own way, even with all that power. It was just too damn big.

[65Dart]

Though it might have been interesting to hang a pair of Pratt & Whitney JT8D-200s

under the wing and maybe get her over two hundred kts, if she'd hold together.

[Razgriz100000]

ya...lol

[danlefou]

Did the Do-X flying in ground (or water) effect give the Soviets the idea for the Ekranoplan?

[BrutalDeluxe80]

No,Do X was capable of normal flight and the ekranoplan was an evolution of the hydrofoil.

Ekranoplans are classed as ships.

[danlefou]

I was just thinking of the fact that using ground effect increased the Do X's range. Its ability to fly at normal altitudes is perfectly evident from this film!

[meccabumbleswan]

When it was said passengers crowded to one side to assist turns I assume this was on water not in the air, or am I wring?

[workforcetrust]

Thank you for these rare film- documents about aviation history on your channel.

[WhystudySculpture]

Bomberguy: my favorite site! I have some aviation footage to upload...what is the codec you use to get such clean images?

[VMagirusL]

Thank you. It was very interesting.

[wind4watts]

Where do you find these superb videos!,Is that 12 engines it has push/pull?, imagine the power and weight of them!, it's a monster of a plane carry plenty of troops.

[InfiniteMushroom]

The engine nacelles are push/pull. Six tandem nacelles created a lot thrust for takeoff but created a lot of drag, which limited its cruising speed and duration.

The Luftwaffe had one of the Do-X's stored in a museum for future use but the building was destroyed by Allied bombers. The Italians had two of the Do-X's and supposedly used them as troop transports to Ethiopia. The operational costs of the Do-X were too high and they were scrapped.

[otoya2006]

Hermoso avión!!!!!!!!!!

[DragracingX]

wasnt the big bankrupsy in 1929? or how do you write it?

[worldted]

Incredible plane! I have to get A2A Simulations to create one of these for FSX. Thanks for sharing this.

[fordlandau]

such a wondeful machine!.thanks so much for the truly amazing videos !!

[Fliegertruppe]

Dude you are truely amazing. I have no idea where you get those fantastic videos. I love the Do X, thanks very much for it! 5* of course.

[Avantime]

Hmm 9 Stowaways?

[IveeDeeVee]

As a recent Convert Sir Bomberguy, I must say tour Documentary Evidence of the history of Aviation is 100% MARVELLOUS

[Kevlar727]

Its a Hindenburg with wings! Its so large the wingspan is greater than Boeing 767.

One colossal prehistoric bird.

[Kdmoo]

Anyone notice the Supermarine Southampton at 2:42?

[BaronKrolok]

Yes, of course, I guess we all did^^

[OniLunchbox]

She is a beautiful monster.

[copewood333]

These are the early days of commercial flying development. Here, and for many years after, lessons had to be learned.

Don't knock the pioneers.

[denberg2]

Ed, as ever, magnificent!

Keep 'em coming, Bomberguy!

[archerrobinhood]

this wasnt bigger than the spruce goose...

[ubuibiok]

*****

[p47br]

great video, thanks

[MARDLtransmit]

A beautiful symbol of the era... such a shame it was so derided.

[afconcorde]

wow 12 engines thats a bit over the top

[archerrobinhood]

its 6 not 12

[Bomberguy]

no, 6 duplex engine pods for a total of 12 engines

[whizbang47]

Who is the gracious Kapitaen? I think its ridiculous to poo-pooh this effort. The powerplant development just wasn't there yet. As

soon as it was you had the B-314. A wonderful find, this footage is, Bomberguy. Way to go!

[rockyPants4000]

Well, it wasn't just the technical effort, which was pretty good for the day, but the operational concept and the economics still didn't make any sense, and even the big American and British flying boats had very limited use as a transportation system. It's just a lot more efficient to fly higher and use less fuel, than burn a lot more fuel down low and be able to land in a lot more places (I.E. - water)

A cool way to travel though.

[RatPfink66]

That was Capt. Friedrich Christiansen, a native of Frisia and a veteran of both the WWI air war and the Hamburg-America steamship line. Christiansen eventually rose to general in the Luftwaffe and, during WWII, military governor of Holland. Imprisoned for war crimes, he was later acquitted.

Now the Do X, magnificent tho she was, was doomed because she was far too big for the engines of the day to cope with. She only had 12 hours' range, so she often flew at wavetop level to increase her lift.

[cdes024]

@RatPfink66 Only 12 hours? That's still pretty impressive =]

[RatPfink66]

@cdes024 Not when your cruising speed is 100mph. It's about 1,200mi. The Boeing Clipper had nearly 3,500mi.

[zenithbay]

Wow...

What a sight..!

[horizonflyer9]

well if you get the idea...

[oisiaa]

So 1,650' is suitable but 1,400 isn't?

[Rundstedt1]

Max Altittude 1650ft. I would hate to run into bad weather crossing the atlantic at that altittude and with that limitation. Love the old seaplanes though, they really treated them and thought of them like ocean liners, and not just a flying bus like aircraft today.

[rockyPants4000]

Too true. But the prevailing attitude was that if any problems occured, you would simply set down on the sea and wait out the weather.

NOT a great concept! Big storms would tear any seaplane apart, and probably did doom a few that tried to be ships.

[Rundstedt1]

Defiantly not IFR rated by todays standards -LOL

[MaxSafeheaD]

lol @ "9 stowaways"!!!

[stuartthegrant]

Very pleased your back "Bomberguy".

Keep em coming man..

[jojoirishman]

im amazed such an aircraft could have been made back then.