AEG J.II

AEG J.II
Type:	Ground attack aircraft
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	AEG, aircraft construction department
First flight:	1918
Commissioning:	1918
Production time:	1918
Number of pieces:	about 300

AEG J.II (1918)

AEG J.II cabin of the DLR

The AEG JII was a two-seat, single-engine biplane , in 1917 by the AEG, department of aircraft as infantry flyer ( J-type ) in the First World War was built. After the war, the J.II was one of the types of aircraft that were used in building civil aviation in Germany.

Development and use

The J.II was a further development of the JI , before which it differed through improvements in the controls and the tail units. The fuselage and the wings consisted of a tubular steel frame with wooden frames and a cloth covering. A total of around 600 JI and J.II machines were built.

Civil use

After the end of the war, the aircraft was used by the Deutsche Luft-Reederei (DLR) from 1919 primarily for freight transport. An extended version, the J.II K (K for cabin), was equipped with a small cabin with windows instead of the second seat behind the pilot. From March 1919, this type of aircraft carried a stylized crane as a symbol of the DLR.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
length	7.92 m
span	13.41 m
Max. Takeoff mass	1619 kg
speed	172 km / h
Service ceiling	4500 m
Range	approx. 590 km
Engine	a six-cylinder in-line Benz Bz IV engine with 200 hp (approx. 150 kW)

Web links

Commons : AEG J.II - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

swell

REG Davies: Lufthansa - An Airline and its Aircraft, Orion Books / New York 1991

Individual evidence

^ Peter Gray, Owen Thetford: German Aircraft of the First World War . 2nd Edition. Putnam, London 1970, ISBN 0-370-00103-6 .

[Gray-1] Peter Gray, Owen Thetford: German Aircraft of the First World War . 2nd Edition. Putnam, London 1970, ISBN 0-370-00103-6 .