AGO C.VIII

C.VIII
C.VIII
	AGO C.VIII with 2-bay struts
General information
Type	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	AGO Flugzeugwerke
Status	prototype only
Number built	2
History
First flight	1917

The AGO C.VIII was a German reconnaissance aircraft built by AGO Flugzeugwerke during World War I.

Design

The C.VIII was a derivative of the AGO C.IV with a Mercedes D.IVa. Only a single prototype was built.^[1]

Specifications

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War^[2]^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 8.95 m (29 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 12.80 m (42 ft 0 in)
Height: 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.IVa 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 190 kW (260 hp)

Performance Armament

Guns:
1x 7.92 mm Parabellum gun
1x Spandau machine gun

References

^ Herris, J., 2019. Otto, AGO, and BFW Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Aeronaut Books, pp. 201-202.
^ Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
^ "Ago C.viii".

Bibliography

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 40.
Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

[1] Herris, J., 2019. Otto, AGO, and BFW Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Aeronaut Books, pp. 201-202.

[Gray-2] Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

[3] "Ago C.viii".

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Trainers	Euler D.I
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