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what is it?
The Hansa-Brandenburg CC was a single-seat German fighter flying boat of World War I. It was used by both the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) and the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 9.3 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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Wingspan of 9.3 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
- 1916
- number built
- —
- role
- fighter flying boat
- makers
- Phönix, Hansa-Brandenburg
- engines
- 1× Benz Bz.III / Bz.III
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.7 m
- wingspan
- 9.3 m
- height
- 3.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,080 kg
- top speed
- 175 km/h
- range
- 500 km
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q695979, Wikipedia: Hansa-Brandenburg CC (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.