Kondor B.I
{{short description|WWI German training aircraft}}
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The Kondor B.I was a German two seat, biplane training aircraft designed and built close to the end of World War I.
Design and development
The Kondor B.I was built as a trainer aircraft of all-wood construction at the end of 1917. It was revolutionary in terms of reducing the number of parts necessary for the assembly of the aircraft to a minimum.
The first flight of the aircraft took place in January 1918. After successful test flights, a small batch of B.Is was ordered.
Specifications
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References
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Further reading
{{Commons category}}
- {{cite book|author1-last=Gray|author1-first=Peter|title=German Aircraft of the First World War|orig-year=1970|year=1987 |publisher=Putnam |location=London|isbn=0-85177-809-7|edition=2nd|author2-first=Owen|author2-last=Thetford|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes |date=2020 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p. |isbn=978-1-935881-85-8|volume=1: Alter to Korn|series=Gret War Aviation Centennial Series (49)}}
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