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AEG B.I / Z6

Страна: Германия

Год: 1914

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O.Thetford, P.Gray German Aircraft of the First World War (Putnam)


A.E.G. B I
   This type of two-seater was used in small numbers for unarmed reconnaissance work during 1914. The tricycle undercarriage is noteworthy. Engine, 100 h.p. Mercedes D I. Span, 15.5 m. (50 ft. 10 1/4 in.). Length, 10.5 m. (34 ft. 5 3/8 in.). Weight empty, 650 kg. (1,430 lb.). Speed, 90/100 km.hr. (56.25 - 62.5 m.p.h.).


J.Herris AEG Aircraft of WWI (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 16)


AEG B-Types

   After some unspecified problems were overcome the air service ordered six B-type (unarmed, two-seat biplanes) of the Z6 type for training and operations that were delivered in early 1914.

AEG B.I

   The AEG Z6 gave satisfactory service and the air service ordered 20 improved aircraft (Z6a) in April 1914. These were powered by a variety of 100-120 hp NAG, Mercedes, or Benz six-cylinder engines. A small number of these aircraft served at the front between August 1914 and December 1915, their steel-tube structures proving their reliability and durability. When Idflieg published the new aircraft designations in August 1915 the AEG Z6a biplanes were retroactively designated AEG B.I even though they were no longer in production.


Журнал Flight


Flight, August 21, 1914.

AIRCRAFT "MADE IN GERMANY"
WHICH MAY BE EMPLOYED AGAINST THE ALLIES.

6. The New A.E.G. Biplane
   differs from the machine described above in that it has no back-swept wing tips. The main planes are straight, as seen in plan, but are set at a very pronounced dihedral angle. For purposes of transport they can be folded flat along the sides of the fuselage. The chassis has three wheels, of which the front one, protecting the propeller, is sprung by means of a coil spring on a steel tube sloping backwards to the nose of the fuselage.

O.Thetford, P.Gray - German Aircraft of the First World War /Putnam/
A.E.G. B I
Журнал - Flight за 1914 г.
6. The new type A.E.G. biplane.
J.Herris - AEG Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (16)
Early AEG B-type; the nose wheel was to prevent nose-overs on landing.
J.Herris - AEG Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (16)
Completed AEG ZIII and Z6 biplanes at the factory pre-war.
J.Herris - German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WW1. Volume II /Centennial Perspective/ (50)
Unknown trainer with 4-cylinder engine, bulbous nose, and tricycle landing gear. Was this an early AEG trainer?
J.Herris - AEG Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (16)
AEG B.I, the retroactive designation for the AEG Z6a. (The Peter M. Bowers Collection/The Museum of Flight)
J.Herris - AEG Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (16)
AEG B.I B.274, perhaps after a hard landing. (The Peter M. Bowers Collection/ The Museum of Flight)