Halberstadt B types

what is it?

The Halberstadt B-types of the Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke were two-seat unarmed reconnaissance/training aircraft of the German Air Force in the First World War.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• size 1,047 kgmax take-off weight

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.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 m: about 3 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

1914

number built

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role

military aircraft

makers

Halberstadt

engines

1× Mercedes D.I

crew

2

wingspan

12 m

max take-off weight

1,047 kg

top speed

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range

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