what is it?
The AGO C.IV was a German biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer AGO Flugzeugwerke. It was active with the Luftstreitkräfte during the latter half of the First World War. The C.IV was developed as a dedicated aerial reconnaissance platform and followed a generally conventional design for the era.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.9 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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Wingspan of 11.9 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
- 1916
- introduced
- 1916
- number built
- 270
- role
- reconnaissance
- makers
- AGO Flugzeugwerke
- engines
- 1× Benz Bz.IV
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.3 m
- wingspan
- 11.9 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,350 kg
- top speed
- 190 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,500 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1734726, Wikipedia: AGO C.IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.