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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SSW D.I in snow: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Siemens-Schuckertwerke (SSW) D.I prototype: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
what is it?
The Siemens-Schuckert D.I was a single-seat fighter built by Siemens-Schuckert Werke in 1916. It was a German copy of the French Nieuport 17 that was obsolete by the time it was available in numbers, so that it served mainly as an advanced trainer.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 7.5 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
- introduced
- 1917
- number built
- 95
- role
- single-seat biplane fighter
- makers
- Siemens-Schuckert
- engines
- 1× Siemens-Halske Sh.I
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6 m
- wingspan
- 7.5 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 675 kg
- top speed
- 155 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q475500, Wikipedia: Siemens-Schuckert D.I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.