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 | | Being the Germans\' first practical military plane, it was used for all common military aircraft applications, including as a fighter, bomber, surveillance plane and trainer from its first flight in 1910 until the beginning of World War I. Due to the rapid advancement of aviation during the war, the design was obsolete by 1914. |
 | | The plane was developed by Igo Etrich from Austria in 1909, with the first flight in 1910, and was called the Etrich Taube. |
 | | While Etrich had tried to build a flying wing aircraft based on the Zanonia wing shape, the conventional Taube was much more successful. |
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