The N.1 was a two-bay biplane of conventional design, with staggered wings, two open cockpits in tandem, and fixed, tailskid undercarriage.

[3] At least eight aircraft were built during the war and converted to P.I standard after the Armistice.

Adding a cabin for four passengers, the P.I was one of the few aircraft approved by the ILÜK (Interallierte Luftfahrt-Überwachungs-Kommission, Inter-allied Aviation Control Commission) for production in Germany.

[4] Despite limited, if any, use by the Imperial German Army Air service, those N.Is that were built were converted to civilian standards as P.Is and operated chiefly by Danish Air Express and Lloyd Luftverkehr Sablatnig.

[2][1] Data from Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918,[5] German Aircraft of the First World War,[3] Deutsche Flugzeuge, 1914-1918[6]General characteristics Performance Armament K = Kampfflugzeug (battleplane), renamed as G-class, L = bomber midway between K/G and R-classes