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Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 2443: Dornier X

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on December 24, 2022 · Episode: 2443 The Dornier X: another of yesterday’s extreme airplanes. Today, Dornier’s flying palace.

Tags airliner airplane Claudius Claudius Dornier Count Zeppelin dirigibles Dornier X germany luxury airliners obert H. Starr's Bumblebee II Robert H. Starr translatlantic flights

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Posted on October 8, 2022 · Episode: 2347 Watching the Deutsches Museum evolve: 1903 until now. Today, a museum is born.

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