07/31/2014. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "During 1918, Gotha developed the twin-engined G.VI into a smaller, lighter aircraft intended mainly for ultra-long-range photo-reconnaissance duty, pictured above is the prototype. Power plant was two 260 hp Mercedes D.IVa six-cylinder liquid-cooled in-line engines. Later in the year special units were formed, Reihenbildzug (Photographic Section), for whose establishment four aircraft were ordered.

The production aircraft bore little resemblance to the prototype. Additional interplane struts were added; there were ailerons at all four wing tips with improved balances; a compound tail unit was incorporated and the wings were slightly swept to compensate the "sawn-off" nose. With the accent on speed, forward armament was deleted, and the consequent shortened nose enabled the engines to be placed closer together, thereby improving asymmetric power characteristics. Armament consisted of a Parabellum machine gun in the dorsal position."

The tiny sign in the grass in front of both aircraft read:

Gothaer Flugzeugwerke
Gotha

The following data refer to the production version.

Span: 63 ft 2.7 in (19.27 m)
Length: 31 ft 7.1 in (9.63 m)
Wing area: 689 sq.ft (63.80 sq.m)
Empty weight: 5,322 lb (2,419 kg)
Loaded weight: 6,906 lb (3,193 kg)
Max speed: 112 mph (180 kmh)
Climb: to 19,680 ft (6,000 m) 38 min
Endurance: 3 hr