Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke orHalberstadt was a German aircraft manufacturer. It was formed on 9 April 1912 under the nameDeutsche Bristol Werke Flugzeug-Gesellschaft mbH inHalberstadt,Province of Saxony.

The British-German joint venture initially produced planes according to the system by theBritish and Colonial Aeroplane Company, Ltd such asBristol Boxkites andBristol Prier monoplanes, but soon expanded into their developments. In September 1913 the company was renamedHalberstädter Flugzeugwerke GmbH. The chief designers were Hans Burkhardt, who later transferred toGothaer Waggonfabrik, and the technical director and chief engineer was Karl Theiss.

The company built more than 1,700reconnaissance aircraft (C type) and 85fighter planes (D type), which served in theLuftstreitkräfte (German Air Force) duringWorld War I. When German aircraft production was prohibited according to the 1919Treaty of Versailles, the company, renamedBerlin-Halberstädter Industriewerke AG resorted to the production of agricultural machines and the repair ofReichsbahn railroad cars. Insolvency proceedings were opened in 1926; the Halberstadt factory premises were used byJunkers from 1935.

Besides license-built two-seat observation/flight school aircraft (Halberstadt A.II), Halberstadt produced scout planes, ground attack aircraft, and fighters:

B-type planes were dual-seated unarmed reconnaissance aircraft built in 1914/15. Thebiplanes were equipped withOberursel-Gnome rotary engines, later (B.II and B.III) withMercedes six-cylinder straight engines.

• Halberstadt B.I
• Halberstadt B.II
• Halberstadt B.III

Two-seater reconnaissance aircraft with water-cooled six-cylinder engines with 200 hp to 220 hp and a top speed of up to 170 kilometres per hour (110 mph). First flight C.I in May 1916, C.III end of 1916:

• Halberstadt C.I
• Halberstadt C.III
• Halberstadt C.V
• Halberstadt C.VII
• Halberstadt C.VIII
• Halberstadt C.IX

Two-seater ground attack aircraft with water-cooled six-cylinder engines with 160 HP to 185 HP, CL.IV 100 HP, and a top speed of up to 165 kilometres per hour (103 mph). First flight CL.II around February 1917, CL.IV early 1918:

• Halberstadt CL.II
• Halberstadt CL.IV
• Halberstadt CLS.I

Fighter planesD.I to D.V: single-seat biplane fighters with water-cooled six-cylinder engines with 100 hp to 150 hp and a top speed of up to 145 kilometres per hour (90 mph). First flight D.I in February 1916, D.II end of 1916, and D.V beginning of 1917:

• Halberstadt D.I
• Halberstadt D.II
• Halberstadt D.III
• Halberstadt D.IV
• Halberstadt D.V

A prototypemedium bomber

• Halberstadt G.I

• Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: The German military aircraft 1910–18, Wilhelmshaven 1977

• Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Germany
• Halberstadt aircraft

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