Zeppelin-Lindau V I

what is it?

The Zeppelin-Lindau V I was a metal-framed, pusher configuration, German sesquiplane, designed by Claude Dornier. It flew on 13 November 1916 and crashed on the first flight.

🔎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

1916-11-13

number built

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role

single-seat fighter

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Dornier

engines

1× Maybach Mb III

crew

1

top speed

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range

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wings

biplane

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