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The AEG J.I was a German biplane ground attack aircraft of 1917, an armored and more powerful version of the AEG C.IV reconnaissance aircraft.[1]

AEG J.I
Role Armoured ground attack aircraft
National origin Germany
Manufacturer AEG[1]
Primary user Luftstreitkräfte[1]
Produced 1917–1918[1]
Number built 609[1]
Developed from AEG C.IV[1]

Design and development


The AEG J.I was a two-seat single-engined tractor biplane with a conventional landing gear with a tail skid. The aircraft was constructed using fabric covered steel tubes. The open tandem cockpit for the pilot and gunner had armour protection . The gunner had three weapons, two 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns were fitted to the floor of the cockpit for ground targets. One 7.92 mm (.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun was on a rotable mounting.[1]

Aircraft fitted with ailerons on the lower wing as well as the upper wing were designated AEG J.Ia.[1]

An improved version of the J.I was developed as the AEG J.II, which had aerodynamically balanced ailerons with overhanging horn balances, extended rear fuselage with a larger fin to improve directional stability and a re-located aileron link strut.[1]

After the war, several J.IIs served the first sustained daily passenger aeroplane service in the world, between Berlin and Weimar, flown by Deutsche Luft-Reederei. This route began on 5 February 1919. Early commercial J.II's retained open cockpits, but modified versions with enclosed cabins for the two passengers quickly replaced them.[2]


Variants


AEG J.I rear
AEG J.I rear
AEG J.II cabin version with the German airline Deutsche Luft-Reederei in 1919
AEG J.II cabin version with the German airline Deutsche Luft-Reederei in 1919
AEG J.I
An armoured version of the AEG C.IV fitted with downward pointing machine guns in the floor of the rear cockpit for ground strafing and a defensive hand-aimed machine-gun in the observers cockpit.[1]
AEG J.Ia
The J.Ia version featured aileron controls on the lower wings, in addition to the upper.[1]
AEG J.II
Structurally similar to the J.I the J.II introduced ailerons aerodynamically balanced by large horn extensions at the wing-tips, increased fin area to improve directional stability and a re-located aileron link strut.[1]

Operators


 German Empire

Specifications (AEG J.I)


Data from German Aircraft of the First World War[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


See also


Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists


References


  1. Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
  2. Michael J.H. Taylor, ed. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation (2nd ed.). New York: Portland House. ISBN 0-517-69186-8.

На других языках


[de] AEG J.I

Die AEG J.I ist ein militärischer Doppeldecker aus dem Ersten Weltkrieg, der von AEG 1916 als Flugzeug für die Schlachtflieger-Einheiten entwickelt wurde.
- [en] AEG J.I

[fr] AEG J.I

LAEG J.I est avion d'attaque au sol allemand développé pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.

[it] AEG J.I

L'AEG J.I era un aereo da attacco al suolo monomotore, bioposto e biplano sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica tedesco imperiale Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) negli anni dieci del XX secolo.



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