| Komet, Merkur, and related | |
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| Komet III | |
| Role | Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Dornier Flugzeugwerke |
| First flight | 1921 |
| Developed from | Dornier Delphin |
| Variants | Dornier Do 10 |
The Dornier Komet (Comet), Merkur (Mercury), Do C, Do D, and Do T were a family of aircraft designed and manufactured by the German aircraft manufacturer Dornier Flugzeugwerke.
Developed during the 1920s, the aircraft was originally operated as a small airliner. Military variants were subsequently developed, including a heavily modified floatplane torpedo bomber model. The earliest aircraft in the series were basically landplane versions of the Delphin flying boat, and although the Delphin and Komet/Merkur series diverged from each other, design changes and refinements from one family were often incorporated into the other. All variants were braced high-winged single-engine monoplanes with conventional landing gear.