Zeppelin -Lindau D.I

what is it?

The Zeppelin D.I, or Zeppelin-Lindau D.I or Zeppelin D.I (Do), as named in German documents, also sometimes referred to postwar as the Dornier D.I or Dornier-Zeppelin D.I, for the designer, was a single-seat all-metal stressed skin monocoque cantilever-wing biplane fighter, developed by Claude Dornier while working for Luftschiffbau Zeppelin at their Lindau facility.

base stats

• speed 200 km/htop speed
• size 885 kgmax take-off weight
• built 7made 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1918-06-04

number built

7

role

single-seat fighter

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Zeppelin

engines

1× BMW IIIa / Mercedes D.III

length

6.4 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

885 kg

top speed

200 km/h

range

—

ceiling

8,100 m

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