Aviatik

Aviatik

Industry	Aircraft manufacture
Founded	1909
Defunct	1919
Fate	Closed under Treaty of Versailles
Headquarters	Freiburg then Leipzig

Automobil und Aviatik AG was a German aircraft manufacturer during World War I. The company was established at Mülhausen (today in France) in 1909[1] and soon became one of the country's leading producers of aircraft. It relocated to Freiburg in 1914 and to Leipzig in 1916 and established a subsidiary in Vienna as Österreichisch-Ungarische Flugzeugfabrik Aviatik. During the war, the company became best known for its reconnaissance aircraft, the B.I and B.II, although the Austro-Hungarian subsidiary also produced a number of its own designs, including fighters such as the D.I.[2]

History

The company was founded in December 1909 by the Alsatian Georges Chatel.[3] It started with the license-production of French aircraft; Hanriot monoplanes and Farman biplanes. From 1912, the factory started building its own successful biplanes, designed by Robert Wild.[3]

Just at the beginning of World War One, on 1 August 1914 the company was relocated to Freiburg due to French threat, and then to new facilities in Leipzig-Heiterblick in 1916.[3] The company did not continue after the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.

Aircraft

Aviatik B.I (P15 type)

Aviatik B.II

• Aviatik B.I
• Aviatik B.II
• Aviatik B.III
• Aviatik C.I
• Aviatik C.II
• Aviatik C.III
• Aviatik C.V
• Aviatik (Ö) C.I
• Aviatik (Berg) D.I
• Aviatik (Berg) D.II
• Aviatik D.III
• Aviatik D.VII

See also

• List of aircraft manufacturers

References

1. Grosz, Peter (2003). Windsock Datafile 102: Aviatik B types. Berkhamsted: Albatros Productions. p. 101. ISBN 0-948414-95-2.
2. Grosz, Peter M.; Haddow, George; Scheiner, Peter (2002) [1993]. Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Boulder: Flying Machine Press. pp. 129–189. ISBN 1 891268 05 8.
3. Grosz, Peter (2003). Windsock Datafile 102: Aviatik B types. Berkhamsted: Albatros Productions. ISBN 0-948414-95-2. II cover page

Bibliography

• Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 34.
• Herris, Jack (2023). Aviatik Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 10 (2nd ed.). n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-953201-59-1.