what is it?
Friedrichshafen FF.33 was a German single-engined reconnaissance three-bay wing structure biplane, using twin floats, designed by Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen in 1914 for the Marine-Fliegerabteilung aviation forces of the Kaiserliche Marine.
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 112 years ago, in 1914.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1914
- introduced
- 1914
- number built
- 33
- role
- fighter
- origin
- German Empire
- makers
- Flugzeugbau Friedrichshafen
- engines
- 1× Benz Bz.III / Bz.III
- crew
- 2
- length
- 10.3 m
- height
- 3.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,635 kg
- top speed
- 119 km/h
- cruise speed
- 110 km/h
- range
- 600 km
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q473347, Wikipedia: Friedrichshafen FF.33 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.