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- 1. L.F.G. Roland D.III: San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives· Public domain
what is it?
The LFG Roland D.III was a fighter aircraft produced in Germany during World War I.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 8.9 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.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1916
- number built
- 150
- role
- fighter
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft
- engines
- 1× Argus As.III 6-cylinder inline water-cooled / Argus As III
- length
- 6.8 m
- wingspan
- 8.9 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 961 kg
- top speed
- 175 km/h
- cruise speed
- 156 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,500 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4450757, Wikipedia: LFG Roland D.III (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.