The WFK D.I (series 85) was a fighter aircraft built in Austria-Hungary in the final months of World War I.

WKF D.I 85.04 demonstrating its clean and purposeful lines. The buried controls actuating the ailerons and tail surfaces show the great emphasis on drag reduction. WKF-Jagdeinsitzer D.I, Flugzeugnummer 85.04, Herbst 1918.

The WKF D.I (series 85) was a fighter aircraft built in Austria-Hungary in the final months of World War I. In the spring of 1918, at Wiener Karoseserie Flugzoygfabrik (WKF), a small Viennese aircraft factory which had built the Oeffag fighters under license, engineers drew up an original design for a fighter around the 230-hp Hieronymus motor.

The WKF 80.05 was a triplane of clean design and excellent workmanship powered by a 200 hp Austro-Daimler engine. The upper two wings had ailerons. The later configuration of greater span is shown here.

With this Austro-Hungarian Airplane, we start the long saga of entries dedicated to the Albatros D.III, D.IV and D.V and it's variants, na...

Последними самолетами, изготавливавшимися компанией по лицензии, стали разведчик Aviatik С.I и истребитель Aviatik D.I. В конце 1916 года под руководством инженера Альфреда Гасснера, перешедшего в WKF из компании Aviatik, начало работу собственное конструкторское бюро компании.

The WFK D.I (series 85) was a fighter aircraft built in Austria-Hungary in the final months of World War I. The KuKLFT placed an order for 48 D.Is. However, only two aircraft were delivered by the time of the Armistice, and the rest were finished in December 1918-January 1919.[1]

The WFK D.I (series 85) was a fighter aircraft built in Austria-Hungary in the final months of World War I.

WKF D.I – medinės konstrukcijos drobe dengtas bipanas su atvira pilotų kabina, fiksuota trirate važiuokle. Lėktuvas pagal to meto standartus buvo labai modernus – jame buvo montuojama radijo stotis, piloto sėdynėje – parašiutas, buvo numatyta vieta fotoaparatui.

К 31 октября 1918 года компанией WKF были переданы два серийных D.I, но это было уже поздно – в Будапеште произошло вооружённое восстание, и император Австро-Венгрии потерял контроль над страной.