Dornier Do 28
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The Dornier Do 28 is a German twin-engine STOL utility aircraft developed in the 1960s for short takeoff and landing operations on rough or unprepared airstrips.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dornier Do 28 canonical | 2 |
| Dornier Do 28A | 1 |
| Dornier Do 28B | 1 |
| Dornier Do 28D Skyservant | 1 |
| Dornier Do 28D-2 Skyservant (jet testbed variants) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2358440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dornier Do 28 Context triple: [Dornier Flugzeugwerke, designed, Dornier Do 28]
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A.
Dornier Do 228
The Dornier Do 228 is a German twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft widely used for regional passenger transport, cargo, and special mission operations.
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B.
Dornier Do 24
The Dornier Do 24 is a German World War II-era three-engine flying boat primarily used for maritime patrol, search and rescue, and reconnaissance missions.
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C.
Dornier Do 18
The Dornier Do 18 was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1930s used primarily for maritime reconnaissance and long-range overwater flights.
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D.
Dornier Do 215
The Dornier Do 215 was a German World War II twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft derived from the earlier Do 17 design.
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E.
Dornier Do J Wal
The Dornier Do J Wal was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1920s and 1930s, widely used for long-distance flights, exploration, and military patrol duties by numerous countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dornier Do 28 Target entity description: The Dornier Do 28 is a German twin-engine STOL utility aircraft developed in the 1960s for short takeoff and landing operations on rough or unprepared airstrips.
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A.
Dornier Do 228
The Dornier Do 228 is a German twin-turboprop STOL utility aircraft widely used for regional passenger transport, cargo, and special mission operations.
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B.
Dornier Do 24
The Dornier Do 24 is a German World War II-era three-engine flying boat primarily used for maritime patrol, search and rescue, and reconnaissance missions.
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C.
Dornier Do 18
The Dornier Do 18 was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1930s used primarily for maritime reconnaissance and long-range overwater flights.
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D.
Dornier Do 215
The Dornier Do 215 was a German World War II twin-engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft derived from the earlier Do 17 design.
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E.
Dornier Do J Wal
The Dornier Do J Wal was a German twin-engine flying boat of the 1920s and 1930s, widely used for long-distance flights, exploration, and military patrol duties by numerous countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
STOL aircraft
ⓘ
twin-engine aircraft ⓘ utility aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftCategory |
light transport aircraft
ⓘ
short-haul aircraft ⓘ |
| aircraftConfiguration | high-wing ⓘ |
| construction | all-metal construction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Germany
ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ |
| crew |
1
ⓘ
2 ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Dornier Do 27 ⓘ |
| designedBy |
Dornier aircraft
ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier design team
|
| designedFor |
operations from rough airstrips
ⓘ
operations from unprepared airstrips ⓘ |
| developedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| engineType | piston engine ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1960 ⓘ |
| fuselageType | boxy fuselage ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor |
Dornier Do 28
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 28D Skyservant
|
| hasVariant |
Dornier Do 28
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 28A
Dornier Do 28 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Dornier Do 28B
|
| introduced | 1960s ⓘ |
| landingGear | fixed landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ability to operate from unprepared strips
ⓘ
good short-field performance ⓘ |
| numberOfEngines | 2 ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
short takeoff and landing operations
ⓘ
utility transport ⓘ |
| propulsion | propeller-driven ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Dornier Do 27 ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| takeoffAndLandingCapability |
short landing
ⓘ
short takeoff ⓘ |
| typicalPassengerCapacity |
6
ⓘ
7 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
German Air Force
ⓘ
various civil operators ⓘ various military operators ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civil utility operations
ⓘ
liaison duties ⓘ light transport ⓘ military utility operations ⓘ parachute training ⓘ |
| wingType | non-tapered wing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dornier Do 28 Description of subject: The Dornier Do 28 is a German twin-engine STOL utility aircraft developed in the 1960s for short takeoff and landing operations on rough or unprepared airstrips.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 28A
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 28B
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 28D Skyservant
this entity surface form:
Dornier Do 28D-2 Skyservant (jet testbed variants)