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Morgen is het eindelijk zover! Ik zal om 20u afzakken naar het Baudelopark om aldaar op het Boombal mijn danskwaliteiten te proberen opdrijven. De plaats van danspartner is ondertussen reeds ingenomen door mijn schatje B-)

Vanavond was het gezellig rondhangen alvast weer dik in orde :-D

The Dornier Do 12 Libelle III (German:"Dragonfly III") was the third of a line of small German flying boats of the 1930s. It started with the Dornier A Libelle I and then the Dornier A Libelle II. The aircraft was also amphibious and would carry 3-4 people. It was powered by a single Argus As 10 engine initially, then switched to a Gnôme-Rhône Titan 5 Ke engine, which was mounted in a pod above the fuselage. It first flew in 1932 and went on to be used by the DFS to pull gliders.

Specifications (Dornier Do 12)

General characteristics

• Crew:
• Capacity:
• Length: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
• Height: 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 28.0 m² (301 ft²)
• Empty: 1,075 kg (2,370 lb)
• Loaded: 1,400 kg (3,090 lb)
• Maximum takeoff: kg ( lb)
• Powerplant: 1 Argus As 10, later 1 Gnôme-Rhône Titan 5 Ke, kW ( hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph)
• Cruising speed: 170 km/h (105 mph)
• Landing speed: 80 km/h (50 mph)
• Range: 580 km (360 mi)
• Service ceiling: 5,100 m (16,700 ft)
• Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
• Wing loading: 50 kg/m² (10.2 lb/ft²)
• Power/mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)

See also

• List of military aircraft of Germany
• List of aircraft of the WW2 Luftwaffe
• List of RLM aircraft designations
• List of flying boats

Yesterday, I uploaded a new index page for realnitro.be. It's a small page, just to have something that refers to this blog, to some sites I made and to my e-mail adress. (I might add my JID too.) I don't know if the page is working in IE as it should, but I might look into that later today.

Having passed my exams in july, I have a lot of free time (three months minus some vacation work), so I'll probably be able to post some more interesting stuff on this blog for the months to come. (I might adjust mabber.py a bit to make it work again on eduserv, and I should finish that little glade/gstreamer-experiment too some day.)