LVG C.II

what is it?

The LVG C.II was a 1910s German two-seat reconnaissance biplane designed at the Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft for the Luftstreitkräfte.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 130 km/htop speed
• range 385 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,405 kgmax take-off weight
• built 300made in total

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 111 years ago, in 1915.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

spec sheet

first flight

1915

introduced

1915

number built

300

role

reconnaissance/light bomber

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

LVG

engines

1× Mercedes D.III

crew

2

length

8.1 m

wingspan

12.9 m

height

2.9 m

max take-off weight

1,405 kg

top speed

130 km/h

range

385 km

ceiling

4,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.