Aircraft
Dornier descendant plans centenary global flight
At the end of this year, 43-year-old Philippines-based aviator and entrepreneur Iren Dornier plans to fly a soon-to-be-restored Dornier Do-24 seaplane arou

At the end of this year, 43-year-old Philippines-based aviator and entrepreneur Iren Dornier plans to fly a soon-to-be-restored Dornier Do-24 seaplane around the world.

The German-born Dornier’s year-long flight of a lifetime will be billed as marking a century of aviation since Wilbur and Orville Wright made the world’s first successful manned, powered airplane flight. Uppermost in Dornier’s mind, however, will be the memory of his grandfather, flying-boat pioneer Claude Dornier.

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