This Day in Aviation History

February 10th, 1967
First flight of the Dornier Do 31.

The Dornier Do 31 was a West German experimental VTOL jet transport built by Dornier. The Do 31 was designed to meet a NATO specification (NBMR-4) for a tactical support aircraft for the EWR VJ 101 VTOL strike aircraft designed under the NATO contract of BMR-3. The project was cancelled in 1970 owing to high costs, technical problems and a change of requirement….

Source:
Wikipedia, Dornier Do 31: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornier_Do_31

YouTube, Dornier Do 31:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5yzzS0PnG8

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