what is it?
The Gotha G.I was a bomber aircraft used by the Luftstreitkräfte (Imperial German Air Service) during the First World War.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · biplane · 20.3 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 20.3 m: about 5 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
- 1915-01-30
- number built
- 20
- role
- bomber
- origin
- German Empire
- makers
- Gotha
- engines
- 2× Benz Bz.III / Bz.III
- crew
- 3
- length
- 12.1 m
- wingspan
- 20.3 m
- height
- 3.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,966 kg
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- range
- 540 km
- ceiling
- 2,750 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q474329, Wikipedia: Gotha G.I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.