The LVG C.VIII was a prototype
reconnaissance aircraft built in
Germany during
World War I.
Design and development
The C.VIII was a conventional two-bay
biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
design of its day, with unstaggered wings of equal span and tandem, open cockpits for the pilot and observer.
Specifications
References
Further reading
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{{Idflieg C-class designations
1910s German military reconnaissance aircraft
C.VIII
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Biplanes
Aircraft first flown in 1918
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