[musec04]

Hi Stig,


Is the Aeronaut volume on AEG one of those you own? If so, I suspect you have as much information on the G.I as myself.Is there something more informative. If so, I 'd definitely like a copy. I think the photo in the Aeronaut book with the machine facing forward is the only one I've seen. So not very helpful.Particularly as the serial is not visible.Now what I do note is that Herris has the K.I and G.I as first and second prototypes,whereas Peter M Grosz has the latter as simply a redesignation of the latter.



The engines on that photo which are said to be 100 hp Benz engines are at a minimum very difficult to tell apart from the 150 hp Benz of the G.II.However,this changes if on looks at the photo of the K.I,where the engines clearly are different. The machine I've linked to on ebay does appear to have the same engines as the G.II. So, yes it could be as you suggest and that the G.I was modified and later received Benz engines. Also, isn't that the armoured nose we see on the photo of G.1/15? ,typical of the G.II.



So I've rambled,but I'm not sure I've really answered anything. There is nothing I guess to say that the G.I can't have been modified. On the other hand as far as I know there is no photo of what is definitely the G.I in a unmodified state and with a serial.So take your pick.Just as an after thought on the sources with regard to the serial. There is a propensity I think to repeat information already published in earlier publications. Is that what we see? Again, I don't know.


Regards,


Clint