Aviatik (Berg) D.I

what is it?

The Aviatik (Berg) D.I, was a single-engine, single-seater biplane fighter that was developed and manufactured by the Austro-Hungarian branch of German aircraft company Aviatik. It was also known as Berg D.I or the Berg Fighter, because it was designed by Dipl. Ing.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 185 km/htop speed
• size 852 kgmax take-off weight
• built 700made 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).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1917-01-24

introduced

1917

status

retired

number built

700

role

fighter

makers

Aviatik

engines

1× Austro-Daimler 6

crew

1

length

6.9 m

wingspan

8 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

852 kg

top speed

185 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,150 m

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