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what is it?
The Roland D.VI was a German fighter aircraft built at the end of World War I. It lost a fly-off to the Fokker D.VII, but production went ahead anyway as insurance against problems with the Fokker.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 9.4 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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Wingspan of 9.4 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
- 1917-11
- number built
- 353
- role
- fighter
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft
- engines
- 1× Benz Bz.IIIa / Bz.III / Mercedes D.III
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.3 m
- wingspan
- 9.4 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 846 kg
- top speed
- 199 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,790 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q474501, Wikipedia: LFG Roland D.VI (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.