AEG G.V

what is it?

The AEG G.V was a biplane bomber aircraft of World War I 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 made its first flight in 1918 and was an enlarged and improved version of the G.IV. The type saw limited production before the Armistice in November, and never entered operational service. Six G.Vs were sold to the Swedish Air Force after the war.

base stats

• speed 145 km/htop speed
• size 4,800 kgmax take-off weight
• built 37made in total

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

1918

number built

37

role

bomber

origin

German Empire

makers

AEG

engines

2× Mercedes D.IVa

crew

3

length

10.8 m

height

4.5 m

max take-off weight

4,800 kg

top speed

145 km/h

range

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