Dornier Seaplane will select by the end of January the home of its Seastar amphibian final assembly facility. The privately owned US company decided to launch production of the 10-seat aircraft late ...

"A factory is under construction in China and will be open at the end of the year," said Conrado Dornier, chairman of Dornier Seawings GmbH, Germany. Short- to medium-term production will be in ...

With the era of the seaplane long over, the past half-century has produced very few airplanes designed specifically for the water, and that makes the debut of the new Dornier Seastar especially ...

For absolute travel freedom, an amphibious seaplane is hard to beat—you can take off and land from lakes, ocean bays, island coves, or ordinary runways, opening up a world of options. Dornier, based ...

Dornier Seaplane has pushed back until the third quarter of the year the planned relaunch of its Seastar amphibian because of a lower than expected sales tally and lack of available and willing ...

Dornier Seaplane Company has selected Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec (a Montreal suburb), as the final assembly site for its Seastar twin-engine flying boat. Company President Joe Walker said he ...

A team of researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Göttingen have evaluated the Dornier Seastar seaplane in a ground vibration test (GVT) ...

The Dornier Seastar looks like a prop created for a James Bond movie. It has the hull of a boat, the wings of an airplane, and two big turboprop engines placed back-to-back above the cabin. Yet ...

Dornier Seawings and Gulf Enterprises aim to develop the Middle East market for the Seastar amphibious airplane. Dornier Seawings model on display at the 2022 MEBAA Show. (Photo: David McIntosh) ...