AGO C.VIII

C.VIII
Ago C.VIII with 2-bay struts
Role Reconnaissance
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer AGO Flugzeugwerke
First flight 1917
Status prototype only
Number built 2

The AGO C.VIII was a German reconnaissance aircraft built by AGO Flugzeugwerke during World War I.

Design

The C.VIII was a derivative of the AGO C.IV with a Mercedes D.IVa. Only a single prototype was built.[1]

Specifications

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War[2][3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 8.95 m (29 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.80 m (42 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.IVa 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 190 kW (260 hp)

Performance Armament

  • Guns:
  • 1x 7.92 mm Parabellum gun
  • 1x Spandau machine gun

References

  1. ^ Herris,J., 2019. Otto, AGO, and BFW Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Aeronaut Books, pp. 201-202.
  2. ^ Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
  3. ^ "Ago C.viii".

Bibliography

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  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 40.
  • Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

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