AGO C.I

C.I
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

Last updated October 27, 2025

The AGO C.I was a First World War German pusher reconnaissance biplane that used a pod-and-boom configuration.

Development

The crew and pusher 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 a machine gun.^[1]

A single example was fitted with floats for coastal patrol duties for the Imperial German Navy (designation C.I-W).

Operators

German Empire

Luftstreitkrafte
Kaiserliche Marine

Specifications

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

Citations

↑ 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

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".

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[1] van Wyngarden, G (2006). Early German Aces of World War I, Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-997-5

[FOOTNOTEGrosz199932-2] Grosz 1999, p. 32.

[FOOTNOTEHornát2001530-3] Hornát 2001, p. 530.

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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