The Mercedes D.I (also known as the Type E6F
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SOHC
An overhead camshaft (OHC) engine is a piston engine in which 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 combus ...
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 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 ...
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AEG B.I
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AEG G.I
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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 in aviation, 1913 and which saw service during World War I.
Design and development
The B.I was a two-seat biplane of conventiona ...
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Albatros G.I
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Aviatik B.I
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DFW B.I
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DFW Floh
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The DFW T.28 Floh () was a small German biplane fighter prototype designed by Hermann Dorner, the designer of the successful Hannover CL.II two-seat fighter of 1917, and built by Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke.
Designed in 1915 as high-spe ...
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Fokker D.I
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Friedrichshafen FF.19
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Gotha G.I
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LFG V 39
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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
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1910s aircraft piston engines