The Mercedes D.I (also known as the Type E6F
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SOHC
An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine where the camshaft is located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier overhead valve engines (OHV), where the camshaft is located below the combustion cha ...
valvetrain inline engine developed in Germany for use in aircraft in 1913. Developing 75 kW (100 hp), it powered many German military aircraft during the very early part of
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
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AEG B.I
The AEG B.I was a German two-seat biplane unarmed reconnaissance aircraft produced in very small numbers in 1914. It formed the basis for the more successful B- and C-type aircraft from AEG.
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**''Luftstreitkräfte
The ''Deutsche ...
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AEG G.I
The AEG G.I (originally designated as the K.I) was a three-seat, twin-engined German biplane bomber aircraft of World War I. It was tested and found to be viable for air-fighting in the latter half of 1915van Wyngarden, G (2006). Early German Ace ...
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Albatros B.I
The Albatros B.I, (post-war company designation L.1) was a German military reconnaissance aircraft designed in 1913 and which saw service during World War I.
Design and development
The B.I was a two-seat biplane of conventional configuration t ...
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Albatros G.I
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Aviatik B.I
The Aviatik B.I is a German two-seat reconnaissance biplane designed and built by the Automobil und Aviatik AG company, who until then had produced copies of French designs.
Design and development
The first of indigenous Aviatik biplanes, desig ...
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DFW B.I
The DFW B.I (factory designation MD 14), was one of the earliest German aircraft to see service during World War I, and one of the numerous "B-class" unarmed, two-seat observation biplanes of the German military in 1914, but with a distinctive ...
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DFW Floh
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Fokker D.I
The Fokker D.I (company designation M.18) was a development of the D.II fighter. The D.I was also flown in Austro-Hungarian service as a fighter trainer aircraft under the designation B.III. Confusing the matter further, both the D.II and D.I ar ...
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Gotha G.I
The Gotha G.I was a heavy bomber used by the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I.
Design and development
In mid-1914, Oskar Ursinus, the founder and editor of the German flying magazine ''Flugsport'', began des ...
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LFG V 39
The LFG V 39 was a simple biplane trainer built in Germany in the mid-1920s. It took part in the Round Germany Flight in the summer of 1925.
Design and development
The V 39 was a two bay biplane with constant chord wings mounted with sligh ...
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LFG Roland Arrow
The LFG Roland Pfeilflieger, (Arrow-flyer), was a German swept wing, single engine, two seat biplane built in Germany in 1914. It made one distinguished long duration flight and served in colonial German South-West Africa.
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Stahlwerk-Mark R.V
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Pfalz E.V
Specifications (D.I)
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