AEG

Additionally, AEG manufactured a range of aircraft from 1910 to 1918. One of the planes designed and built was the R-plane (the R was an abbreviation of "Riesenflugzeug" (giant aircraft)) AEG R.I. This aircraft was powered by four 260 h.p. Mercedes D.IVa engines linked to a combination leather cone and dog clutch. The first flight tests were satisfactory, but on September 3, 1918 the R.I broke up in the air killing its seven crewmen.

Electronics

In the late 1920s, engineers of AEG, working with BASF, then a division of the chemical giant IG Farben, created the first practical magnetic tape recorder, the K1 Magnetophon, which was first demonstrated at the 1935 Berlin Radio Fair.

Third Reich

AEG donated 60,000 Reichsmarks to the Nazi party after the Secret Meeting of 20 February 1933 at which the twin goals of complete power and national rearmament were explained by Hitler.^[2]^[3] During World War II, the inmates of Kaiserwald Concentration Camp were put to work as slave labour by Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, which used a large number of female slaves from Kaiserwald in the production of their electrical goods.

Mergers and demergers

In 1967 AEG joined with Telefunken and in 1969 they started working with Siemens AG. In 1985 AEG was bought by Daimler-Benz. The Household Appliances business was sold to Electrolux in 1996. The Transportation business was reorganized into Adtranz which was sold to Bombardier later.

Later the company was wholly integrated into DaimlerChrysler and in 1997 the company was split. In 2005 Electrolux bought the brand name. Today several former departments of AEG still exist and use the AEG name.

Today AEG's domestic appliance division remains in the hands of The Electrolux Corporation.

Aircraft Models

model	year	description
AEG B.I	1914	Single-engine two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft
AEG B.II	1914	Smaller version of B.I
AEG B.III	1915	Further developmental version of B.I and B.II with new tailplane
AEG C.I	1915	Version of B.II with aft mounted machine gun
AEG C.II		Slightly smaller version of C.I
AEG C.III		Single engine two seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft
AEG C.IV	1916	Version of C.II with forward firing machine gun
AEG C.V		Version of C.IV with more powerful engine. One built
AEG C.VI		Development of C.IV. Did not enter production
AEG C.VII		Development of C.IV. Did not enter production
AEG C.VIII		Development of C.IV. Two built, one biplane, one triplane
AEG D.I		Single engine one seat biplane fighter. One built
AEG DJ.I	1918	Single engine one seat biplane ground attack aircraft
AEG Dr.I		Single engine one seat triplane fighter. One built
AEG G.I		Two engine three seat biplane bomber aircraft
AEG G.II		Version of G.I with more powerful engines
AEG G.III		Version of G.II with more powerful engines and longer wingspan
AEG G.IV	1916	Version of G.II with more powerful engines and larger dimensions
AEG G.V	1918	Larger version of G.IV; converted to airline use after World War I
AEG helicopter	1933	Tethered observation craft with ground powered electric motors, two rotors
AEG J.I	1917	Single engine two seat biplane ground attack aircraft
AEG J.II	1918	Single engine two seat biplane ground attack aircraft
AEG N.I		Biplane night bomber
AEG PE		Single engine two seat triplane ground attack aircraft
AEG R.I	1916	Four engine biplane bomber. Fuselage mounted engines with driveshafts
AEG Z.I	1910	Single engine biplane
AEG Z.II		Single engine monoplane
AEG Z.III	1912	Single engine floatplane
Wagner Eule ("Owl")	1914	Single engine two seat monoplane reconnaissance aircraft

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Contents

History

Cars

Railway electrification

Aircraft

Electronics

Third Reich

Mergers and demergers

Aircraft Models

Automobile Models

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