Aviatik

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]

Aviatik
IndustryAircraft manufacture
Founded1909
Defunct1919
FateClosed under Treaty of Versailles
Headquarters
Freiburg then Leipzig

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)

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aviatik.
  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.
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