what is it?
The Aviatik B.II was a reconnaissance aircraft built in Germany during World War I.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 12.4 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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Wingspan of 12.4 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
- 1915
- introduced
- 1915
- retired
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- role
- reconnaissance aircraft
- makers
- Aviatik
- engines
- 1× Mercedes D.II / Austro-Daimler 6 / Mercedes D.III / inline engine
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 2
- length
- 7.1 m
- wingspan
- 12.4 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,071 kg
- top speed
- 100 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,100 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q736822, Wikipedia: Aviatik B.II (Germany) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.