AEG C.I

what is it?

The AEG C.I was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft built by the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) during the First World War for the Imperial German Army's (Deutsches Heer) Imperial German Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte). It was a modified version of the B.II training aircraft with a machine gun added for the observer, a more powerful engine and different wings. First flown in 1915, it remained in front-line service until mid-1916, after which it became a trainer.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · tail-skid gear

base stats

• speed 130 km/htop speed
• size 1,125 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1915

number built

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role

reconnaissance aircraft

makers

AEG

engines

1× Benz Bz.III / Bz.III

crew

2

length

8 m

max take-off weight

1,125 kg

top speed

130 km/h

range

—

wings

biplane

landing gear

tail-skid gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.