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AGO C.I

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C.I
Forward oblique view of the AGO C.I
General information
Type	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	AGO Flugzeugwerke
Designer	August Häfeli
Primary user	Germany
Number built	64
History
Introduction date	June 1915
Variant	AGO C.II

TheAGO C.I was aFirst World War Germanpusher reconnaissancebiplane that used a pod-and-boom configuration.

Development

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The crew andpusher 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 amachine gun.^[1]

A single example was fitted with floats for coastal patrol duties for theImperial German Navy (designationC.I-W).

Operators

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German Empire

Specifications

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Data from Ago C.I^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: two, pilot and observer
Length: 9.30 m (30 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 15.10 m (49 ft 6 in)
Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 47.6 m² (512 sq ft)
Empty weight: 960 kg (2,116 lb)
Gross weight: 1,495 kg (3,296 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×Mercedes D.III , 120 kW (160 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn)
Range: 480 km (300 mi, 260 nmi)
Endurance: 3 hr^[3]
Time to altitude: 9.5 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

Armament

1 ×7.92 mm Parabellum machine gun

References

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Citations

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^van Wyngarden, G (2006). Early German Aces of World War I, Osprey Publishing Ltd.ISBN 1-84176-997-5
^Grosz 1999, p. 32.
^Hornát 2001, p. 530.

Bibliography

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Grosz, Peter M. (1999).Ago C.I. Windsock Datafile No. 75. Albatros Productions.ISBN 978-1902207162.
Hornát, Jiří (2001). "Letadla 14–18: AGO C.I".Letectví + Kosmonautika (in Czech). Vol. LXXVII, no. 8. p. 530.ISSN 0024-1156.
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 39.
"Das Virtuelle Luftfahrtmuseum".

v t e Apparatebau GmbH Oschersleben (AGO) aircraft
AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.V AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII AGO C.IX AGO DV.3 AGO S.I Ao 192 Ao 193 Ao 225

v t e World War I aircraft of the Central Powers
Fighters	AEG D.I AEG Dr.I Albatros D.I Albatros D.II Albatros D.III Albatros D.V Aviatik D.I Aviatik C.VI Daimler L.6 Euler D.I Euler D.II Fokker D.I Fokker D.II Fokker D.III Fokker D.IV Fokker D.V Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VII Fokker D.VIII Fokker Dr.I Fokker E.I Fokker E.II Fokker E.III Fokker E.IV Fokker E.V Halberstadt D.II Hannover CL.II Hannover CL.III Hannover CL.IV Hannover CL.V Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Junkers D.I Kondor D.6 Kondor E.III Naglo D.II Pfalz D.III Pfalz D.XII Pfalz Dr.I Pfalz E.I Pfalz E.II Phönix D.I LFG Roland D.II LFG Roland D.VI Siemens-Schuckert D.I Siemens-Schuckert D.II Siemens-Schuckert D.III Siemens-Schuckert D.IV Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
Bombers and ground attack	AEG DJ.I AEG G.I AEG G.II AEG G.III AEG G.IV AEG G.V AEG J.I AEG J.II AEG R.I Friedrichshafen G.II Friedrichshafen G.III Gotha G.I Gotha G.II Gotha G.III Gotha G.IV Gotha G.V Gotha GL.VII Gotha G.IX Hannover CL.II Junkers CL.I Junkers J.I Rumpler G.I Rumpler G.II Rumpler G.III Siemens-Schuckert L.I Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Reconnaissance	AEG B.I AEG B.II AEG B.III AEG C.I AEG C.II AEG C.III AEG C.IV AEG C.V AEG C.VI AEG C.VII AEG C.VIII AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII Albatros B.I Albatros B.II Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.V Albatros C.VII Albatros C.IX Albatros C.X Albatros C.XII Aviatik B.I Aviatik B.II Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.VI DFW C.V LFG Roland C.II LVG B.I LVG C.II Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Rumpler Taube
Trainers	Euler D.I
Prototypes	Albatros C.II Fokker V.1 Fokker V.2 Junkers J 1 Junkers J 2 Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.I

Idflieg C-, CL-, and CLS-class aircraft designations

C-

AEG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII
AGO	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Albatros	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
Aviatik	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Caspar	C.I
DFW	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI
Fokker	C.I C.II C.III
Friedrichshafen	C.I
Germania	C.I C.II C.III C.IV
Halberstadt	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Hannover	C.I C.IV
LFG Roland	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VIII
LVG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
OAW	C.I C.II
Otto	C.I C.II
Pfalz	C.I
Rumpler	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X
Sablatnig	C.I C.II C.III
Schütte-Lanz	C.I
Zeppelin	C.I C.II