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- 1. Sablatnig P.I L'Aerophile January,1921: L'Aerophile magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The Sablatnig N.I was a bomber aircraft developed in Germany during the First World War, a development of the Sablatnig C.I adapted for night operations.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 16 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 16 m: about 4 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
- introduced
- 1918
- number built
- 30
- role
- bomber aircraft
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Josef Sablatnig
- engines
- 1× Argus As III / Bz.IV
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.7 m
- wingspan
- 16 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,860 kg
- top speed
- 125 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 Q7396244, Wikipedia: Sablatnig N.I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.