what is it?
The Aviatik B.III was a reconnaissance aircraft built in Austria-Hungary during World War I. Aviatik's Austro-Hungarian subsidiary had built the German-designed B.II, and now further developed this design by adding a more powerful engine and armament in the form of a defensive machine gun and bomb racks. It was otherwise similar to Austro-Hungarian built B.IIs, incorporating the revisions that had been made locally to the original design. All were obsolete and out of service by the end of 1916.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane
fun facts
- First flew 110 years ago, in 1916.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1916
- introduced
- 1916
- retired
- 1916
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- role
- reconnaissance aircraft
- makers
- Aviatik
- engines
- 1× Austro-Daimler inline / Austro-Daimler 6
- top speed
- —
- range
- —
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4828609, Wikipedia: Aviatik B.III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.