Do 27

D-ENTE flies again !! On 14th of AUG 2007, Do 27-A4, MSN 472, YoM 1960, (Registration: KD+130, GA+375, LA+155, AC+912, 57+41, D-EAEI, VH-UIE, P2-UIE, D-ENTF, D-ENTE) took off at 08:52 UTC for its maidenflight. Several successful testflights followed the same day.

More detailed information concerning D-ENTE following here soon as soon as time permits.

First of all we like to introduce ourselfs. We are the owners of the last built Dornier Do 27, c/n 2200 registered as D-EGAO. Together with Lufthansa Berlin Stiftung we oranized the first Dornier Do 27-meeting in 93 at Braunschweig Germany were 39 Dornier Do 27 met the first time together. The objective was, to bring together Dornier Do 27 pilots, owners and other enthusiasts to share the experiences. Since 1993 the dates of the Dornier Do 27 meetings are marked in the calenders of all enthusiasts.

In 2003 we met together the 10th time. The Aero Club of Gelnhausen organized the meeting four times (1994, 1995, 1999 and 2003). During the second meeting (1994) a formationflight of more than 20 Dornier Do 27s was performed for the Guiness book of records. The remaining meetings took place at Nordholz/Spieka (1996), Kiel (1998), Herrenteich (2001), Neuhausen ob Eck (2002), Gelnhausen (2003) and Hilzingen (2004).

In addition to the aforesaid we are in contact to Dornier Do 27-owners/pilots worldwide to keep them advised on the meetings and exchange experiences. So far we are in contact with Dornier Do 27-owners/pilots in Belgium, France, Guadeloupe, Switzerland, Iceland, Northern-Ireland, Netherlands, England, Kenya, South-Africa, Spain, Portugal, Canada and the United States.

We are collecting every information, document or foto concerning the history of the Dornier Do 27. During the years we established a large archive which contains a lot of information and photographs concerning the Dornier Do 27. There is a file for each of the 627 planes available. All incoming information will be assigned to the file of the plane concerned. Additionally we do research work on the wrecks of Dornier Do 27 which had been written-off during the past decades. We can provide historical and technical Documentation in different languages. Feel free to ask for any detail. We would appreciate if you could provide some information or photographs of any Do 27 for our archive. If you have questions or any comment, send an e-mail.

At the end an request to all aircraft spotters: For a special kind of documentation we are looking for fotographs showing the Dornier Do 27: Of course we comply to anyones copyright and we will cover possible expenses. If someone could provide fotos or slides, please send an e-mail.