Kondor B.I

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B.I
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Role Trainer aircraft
National origin Germany
ManufacturerKondor Flugzeugwerke, Essen
DesignerWalter Rethel
First flightJanuary 1918

The Kondor B.I was a German two seat, biplane training aircraft designed and built close to the end of World War I.

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Design and development

The Kondor B.I was built as a trainer aircraft of all-wood construction at the end of 1917. It was revolutionary in terms of reducing the number of parts necessary for the assembly of the aircraft to a minimum.

The first flight of the aircraft took place in January 1918. After successful test flights, a small batch of B.Is was ordered.

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

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References

  1. "Kondor B.I". www.airwar.ru.

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