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AGO Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company from 1911 until 1945. 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. == Foundation == AGO was founded in 1911 in Munich as ''Flugmaschinenwerke Gustav Otto'' by Gustav Otto and a Dr Alberti. Gustav, the son of Dr Nikolaus Otto – inventor of the four-stroke engine, was a pioneer aviator (pilot's licence No. 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. The company's first successful aircraft under head designer, Gabriel Letsch, was 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. After the outbreak of World War I, AGO built a series of military reconnaissance aircraft, beginning with the AGO C.I – a pusher-powered biplane designed by A. 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. In 1916, Gustav Otto opened a new plant in Munich under the name Bayerische Flugzeugwerke, and another in Oschersleben (with Josef Schnittisser) again named AGO, this time for ''Aktiengesellschaft Gustav Otto''. The Oschersleben plant was used to manufacture components for other manufacturers' aircraft until the end of the war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AGO Flugzeugwerke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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