Germania C.I

The Germania C.I was a two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Germania Flugzeugwerke during World War I.

Germania C.I
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer	Germania Flugzeugwerke
First flight	1917
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte

Design and development

Germania Flugzeugwerke built the C.I as a biplane of wooden construction with plywood and fabric construction. A forward firing Spandau machine gun and Parabellum machine gun were mounted in the aft cockpit.

A derivative of the C.I, the C.II, of which only a prototype was built, differed from the C.I in having staggered mainplanes and a reduced gap.

Specifications

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 12.40 m (40 ft 8 in)
• Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
• Empty weight: 790 kg (1,742 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,210 kg (2,668 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IVa , 180 kW (240 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
• Cruise speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)

Armament

• 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun in observer's cockpit
• 1 × forward firing fixed LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun

See also

Related development

• Albatros B.II
• Albatros C.III

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
• LVG C.II
• Rumpler C.I

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Germany

Bibliography

• Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
• Cowin, H.W. German and Austrian Aviation of World War I. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-84176-069-2.
• Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1970, 2nd edition. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
• van Wyngarden, G. Early German Aces of World War I. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2006. ISBN 1-84176-997-5