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- 1. Halberstadt CL IV Deutsches Museum: Sven.petersen· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Halberstadt CL.IV is a German ground attack aircraft of World War I.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 10.7 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
- Wingspan of 10.7 m: about 2 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
- 1918-02
- introduced
- 1918
- number built
- —
- role
- ground attack aircraft
- origin
- German Empire
- makers
- Halberstadt
- engines
- 1× Mercedes D.III / Mercedes D.IIIa
- length
- 6.5 m
- wingspan
- 10.7 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,068 kg
- top speed
- 165 km/h
- range
- —
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q466925, Wikipedia: Halberstadt CL.IV (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.