The AEG D.I was a

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 ...

fighter of

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. Three prototypes were ordered, but after the first two were involved in serious crashes, one of which killed flying ace Walter Höhndorf on September 5, 1917, development was cancelled. A

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version was built as the Dr.I. The second and third prototypes differed little from the first except in detail.

Variants

;A.E.G. D.I:1917 prototype single seat biplane fighter. ; A.E.G. Dr.I:1917 prototype single seat triplane fighter.

Aircraft numbers

* AEG D.I first prototype – D4400/17. * AEG D.I second prototype – D4401/17. * AEG D.I third prototype – D5002/17 * AEG Dr.I prototype – no. not known

Specifications (AEG D.I)

References

* Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: ''Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–18'', Wilhelmshaven 1977 * Munson, Kenneth: ''Bomber 1914–19'', Zürich 1968, Nr. 20 * Nowarra, Heinz: ''Die Entwicklung der Flugzeuge 1914–18'', München 1959 * Sharpe, Michael: ''Doppeldecker, Dreifachdecker & Wasserflugzeuge'', Gondrom, Bindlach 2001, * Wagner, Ray and Nowarra, Heinz. ''German Combat Planes: A Comprehensive Survey and History of the Development of German Military Aircraft from 1914 to 1945.'' New York: Doubleday, 1971. {{World War I Aircraft of the Central Powers D.I 1910s German fighter aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1917

Variants

Aircraft numbers

Specifications (AEG D.I)

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