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AGO Flugzeugwerke was, until 1945 a German aircraft manufacturing company. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1945: Events January January 1 - the Luftwaffe begins targeting The initials AGO had a variety of meanings during the company's lifetime, but in the its final version stood for Apparatebau GmbH Oschersleben. At its peak, the company employed around 4,500 people.

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AGO was founded in 1911 in Munich as Flugmaschinenwerke Gustav Otto by Gustav Otto and a Dr Alberti. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1911: Events January January 18 - Eugene Ely lands on the deck Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Gustav Otto ( 12 January 1883 28 February 1926) was a German aircraft and aircraft-engine designer and manufacturer Gustav, the son of Dr Nikolaus Otto - inventor of the four-stroke engine, was a pioneer aviator (pilot's licence No. Nicolaus August Otto ( June 14, 1832 Holzhausen an der Haide, Nassau - January 26, 1891 Cologne) was the German Today Internal combustion engines in cars, Trucks motorcycles aircraft construction machinery and many others most commonly use a four-stroke cycle. 34) and engine-builder. As was usual in those days, a flying school was attached to the business - one of its later students was Ernst Udet. Colonel General Ernst Udet ( April 26 1896 – November 17 1941) was the second-highest scoring German Flying

Its first success came from the company's head desiger, Gabriel Letsch, in the form of an observation biplane with a pusher propeller that soon became the standard equipment of the Bayerischen Fliegertruppe. The machine was powered by a 75 kW (100 hp) engine of the firm's own design, branded Aviatiker Gustav Otto.

In 1912, a separate division was set up in Johannisthal under the name Ago Flugzeugwerke, with Elisabeth Woerner and Hermann Fremery as directors. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1912: Events First all-metal aircraft flies the Tubavion monoplane built by Ponche The Johannisthal Air Field, located 15 km southeast of Berlin, was Germany's first airfield After the outbreak of World War I, AGO built a series of military reconnaissance aircraft, beginning with the C.I - a pusher-powered biplane designed by A. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Haefeli. The most successful of AGO's wartime aircraft was the C.IV of 1916, of which 70 examples were built, but which proved unpopular with its pilots. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1916: Events January January 12 - German aces Max Immelmann

In 1916, Gustav Otto opened a new plant in Munich under the name Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, and shortly afterwards one in Oschersleben (with Josef Schnittisser) again named AGO, this time for Aktiengesellschaft Gustav Otto. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1916: Events January January 12 - German aces Max Immelmann Messerschmitt AG was a famous German Aircraft manufacturer known primarily for its World War II Fighter aircraft, notably the Bf 109 Oschersleben is a town in the Börde district in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The Oschersleben plant was used to manufacture components for other manufacturers' aircraft until the end of the war.

Between the Wars

After the Armistice, Otto tried automobile manufacturing for a while, but in 1919 had to dismiss the employees of the Berlin company and divest himself of the Oschersleben factory. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1919: Events Raymond Orteig offers the Orteig Prize for the first non-stop He himself withdrew to Lake Starnberg where he died in 1926. Lake Starnberg ( Starnberger See) in southern Bavaria is Germany 's fourth largest lake and a popular recreation area for the nearby city of Munich This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1926: Events United Airlines established The company continued onwards however, and in the same year developed 20 new hectares of factory space near the Sudenburger Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei AG plant at Magdeburg. Magdeburg ( Low Saxon: Meideborg ˈmaˑɪdebɔɐx the Capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany However, this was not to last, and by 1928 this enterprise was also forced to close. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1928: Events January January 6 - 8 - Lt Christian Schilt On 30 July 1930, AGO's remaining assets were sold at auction by order of the court. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1930: Events The Surrey Aero Club inaugurates recreational flights from Gatwick Race Course (now

1933 - 1945

Some years later, the Nazi government resurrected AGO by refurbishing the Oschersleben plant for aircraft production once more. The first order was for 36 Arado Ar 65 fighters, 197 Arado Ar 66 trainers, and 71 Heinkel He 51 fighters. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Arado Ar 66 was a German single-engined two-seat training biplane developed in 1933. The Heinkel He 51 was a German single-seat Biplane which was produced in a number of different versions The first of these to fly was probably one of the Ar 65s, on 1 May 1935. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1935: Events January January 11 - 12 – Amelia Earhart This was followed by an order for 140 Henschel Hs 123 dive-bombers delivered at the end of 1937, AGO's introduction to all-metal construction. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1937: Events March March 5 - Imperial Airways opens a new Next came orders for 241 Gotha Go 145 trainers and 187 Arado Ar 96, and then 150 Henschel Hs 126 reconnaissance aircraft. The Gotha Go 145 was a German World War II -era Bi-plane of wood and fabric construction used by Luftwaffe training units Arado Ar 96 was a German single-engined low-wing Monoplane of all-metal construction produced by Arado Flugzeugwerke. The Henschel Hs 126 was a German two seater Reconnaissance and observation aircraft of World War II that derived from the Henschel Hs 122. This latter order was increased to 390 units in Summer 1938. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1938: Events Imperial Airways inaugurates scheduled service from London Between March 1937 and March 1938, AGO built 121 Focke-Wulf Fw 44. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout In 1938, production of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 began, and from 1941 onwards, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 became the mainstay of AGO's production. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1941: Events Jackie Cochran became the first woman to fly a bomber across the WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout

In 1935, the design department was re-established, with the first new AGO aircraft becoming the Ao 192 Kurier of 1937. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1937: Events March March 5 - Imperial Airways opens a new Seven examples wer built, but the Siebel Si 104 won the construction contract instead. A design for a heavy fighter project, the Ao 225 did not progress past the wind-tunnel stage and even the -225 designation was withdrawn by the RLM and re-assigned to Focke-Achgelis. Focke-Achgelis was a German helicopter company founded in 1937 by Henrich Focke and Gerd Achgelis.

From 1943 onwards, the AGO factory came under attack by Allied bombing raids, suffering increasingly heavy damage up to the end of the war. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1943: Events January January 27 - the USAAF makes its first In 1947, the last remains of the factory were blown up by the Red Army and AGO's history was over. This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1947 Events January January 26, A KLM Douglas Dakota crashed The Red Army ( Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия R aboche- K rest'yanskaya K rasnaya A rmiya

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