Automobil und Aviatik AG was a German aircraft manufacturer during

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. The company was established at

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(today in France) in 1909 and soon became one of the country's leading producers of aircraft. It relocated to

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in 1914 and to

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in 1916 and established a subsidiary in Vienna as Österreichisch-Ungarische Flugzeugfabrik Aviatik. During the war, the company became best known for its reconnaissance aircraft, the B.I and B.II, although the Austro-Hungarian subsidiary also produced a number of its own designs, including fighters such as the D.I.

History

The company was founded in December 1909 by the Alsatian Georges Chatel. II cover page It started with the license-production of French aircraft;

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monoplanes and Farman biplanes. From 1912, the factory started building its own successful biplanes, designed by Robert Wild. Just at the beginning of World War One, on 1 August 1914 the company was relocated to

due to French threat, and then to new facilities in

-Heiterblick in 1916. The company did not continue after the 1919

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Aircraft

* Aviatik B.I * Aviatik B.II * Aviatik B.III * Aviatik C.I * Aviatik C.II * Aviatik C.III * Aviatik C.V * Aviatik (Ö) C.I * Aviatik (Berg) D.I * Aviatik (Berg) D.II * Aviatik D.III * Aviatik D.IV * Aviatik D.V * Aviatik D.VI * Aviatik D.VII

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* * {{Authority control Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany Manufacturing companies established in 1909 1909 establishments in Germany 1919 disestablishments in Germany Manufacturing companies disestablished in 1919

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