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The AGO C.I was a
First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
German pusher reconnaissance
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that used a pod-and-boom configuration.


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The crew and pusher engine shared a central nacelle, and the twin booms carried the tail and the four-wheeled landing gear. The observer sat at the nose and was armed with a machine gun.van Wyngarden, G (2006). Early German Aces of World War I, Osprey Publishing Ltd. A single example was fitted with floats for coastal patrol duties for the
Imperial German Navy The Imperial German Navy or the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial Navy) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for ...
(designation C.I-W).


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; * Luftstreitkrafte *
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* * * {{Idflieg C-class designations C.I AGO C.01 Single-engined pusher aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1915