Aviation (aircraft manufacturer)
| Aviation Automobil- und Aviatikwerke AG | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1910 |
| Seat | Mulhouse , Germany |
| Branch | Automobile manufacturers , aircraft manufacturers , defense industry |
The Aviatik Automobil- und Aviatikwerke A. G. in Mulhouse in Alsace was a German manufacturer of vehicles and aircraft before and during the First World War .
history
Aviatik Automobil- und Aviatikwerke AG, or Aviatik for short , was founded in 1910 by Julius Spengler in Mulhouse in Alsace . It was one of the largest German aircraft manufacturers during the First World War .
In 1911 the company also opened a branch in Berlin-Johannisthal and in 1914 founded the subsidiary Austrian Aviation in Austria-Hungary . In 1914 production was relocated to Freiburg im Breisgau and from 1916 to Leipzig - Heiterblick . Aviatik also set up a branch at Leipzig-Mockau Airport .
The company began with the license production of French prototypes ( Hanriot and Farman ), but from 1912 they designed their own designs.
After the First World War, Aviatik had to stop manufacturing aircraft due to the provisions of the Versailles Peace Treaty .
developments
Unarmed reconnaissance / trainer aircraft
- 1914: Aviation BI (P.15B)
- 1914: Aviation B.II (P.15A)
spotter
- 1915: Aviation CI (P.25)
- 1915: Aviation C.II
- 1915: Aviation C.III
- 1916: Aviation CV
- 1916: Aviatik C.VI - DFW CV produced under license
- 1917: Aviation C.VIII
- 1918: Aviation C.IX
Fighter planes
- 1916: Aviation D.II
- 1917: Aviation D.III
- 1918: Aviation D.VI
- 1918: Aviation D.VII
See also
literature
- Günter Kroschel, Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1910–1918. In 127 four-sided tears on a scale of 1: 144. Lohse-Eissing, Wilhelmshaven 1977, ISBN 3-920602-18-8 .
- Karl Rudolf Pawlas: German Airplanes 1914–1918. A documentation. (Aviation documents, vol. 20), Pawlas journalistic archive, Nuremberg 1976, ISBN 3-88088-209-6 .
- Heinz J. Nowarra: The development of the aircraft 1914–1918. JF Lehmann, Munich 1959.
