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://gstv.us/1WcD2kr

vimeo, Dornier’s Record-Setting VTOL Jet Transport: http://gstv.us/1WcDb7n

For further reading, please check out this HistoryNet article: http://gstv.us/1WcDmjf

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