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, relocating to Freiburg in 1914 and to Leipzig in 1916 and establishing 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

History

The company was founded in December 1909 by the Alsatian Georges Chatel.^[1] 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Aircraft

• 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

References

• Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 34. 

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