what is it?
The Rumpler C.VIII was a German single-engine biplane advanced trainer manufactured by Rumpler Flugzeugwerke, in Berlin Johannisthal in 1917.
How to recognise it: piston engines · biplane · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 12.2 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 12.2 m: about 3 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
- introduced
- 1917
- retired
- 1924
- status
- retired
- number built
- —
- role
- advanced trainer
- origin
- German Empire
- makers
- Rumpler
- engines
- Argus As III
- crew
- 1
- length
- 8 m
- wingspan
- 12.2 m
- height
- 3.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,374 kg
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,000 m
- wings
- biplane
- landing gear
- fixed conventional landing gear
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6413293, Wikipedia: Rumpler C.VIII (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.