what is it?
The AEG C.IV was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft. The C.IV was developed from the earlier AEG C.II in response to an urgent requirement from the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Army Air Service) for better fixed-wing aerial reconnaissance platforms. Featuring a relatively short fuselage in comparison to its wingspan, it appeared somewhat ungainly.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · tail-skid gear · 13.5 m wingspan
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Wingspan of 13.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- introduced
- 1916
- number built
- 400
- role
- reconnaissance aircraft
- origin
- German Empire
- makers
- AEG
- engines
- 1× Mercedes D.III
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7.2 m
- wingspan
- 13.5 m
- height
- 3.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,120 kg
- top speed
- 158 km/h
- range
- 450 km
- ceiling
- 5,000 m
- 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.
Sources: Wikidata Q291359, Wikipedia: AEG C.IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.