The AEG C.VIII was a prototype two-seat
reconnaissance aircraft
A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as ...
of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
[Gray and Thetford 1962, p.238.]
Two examples were built, based on the successful
C.IV design, one of
biplane
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configuration, the other a
triplane
A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three vertically stacked wing planes. Tailplanes and canard foreplanes are not normally included in this count, although they occasionally are.
Design principles
The triplane arrangement may ...
(the latter sometimes referred to as the C.VIII.Dr). Neither version offered enough of an improvement on the C.IV to make mass production worthwhile.
Variants
* C.VIII - Biplane prototype two-seater fighter/reconnaissance aircraft.
* C.VIII Dr - Triplane version of C.VIII, no improvement in climb and speed reduced to 165 km/h (103.12 mph)
Specifications (AEG C.VIII)
See also
References
*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. ''German Aircraft of the First World War''. London:Putnam, 1970 2nd. Ed.
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1910s German military reconnaissance aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1917