what is it?
The AEG J.I was a German biplane ground attack aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft. It was a mission-specific derivative of the AEG C.IV reconnaissance aircraft. The J.I was developed as an interim ground attack aircraft, being redesigned from the C.IV to feature armour plating and the more powerful Benz Bz IV piston engine.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 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
- First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
- 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
- 1917
- number built
- 609
- role
- armoured ground attack aircraft
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- AEG
- engines
- 1× Benz Bz IV / Bz.IV
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.2 m
- wingspan
- 13.5 m
- height
- 3.4 m
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- range
- 375 km
- ceiling
- 4,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q451638, Wikipedia: AEG J.I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.