Albatros L 73 - Misplaced Pages

L 73
D-961 Brandenburg at the opening of Stettin Airstrip in 1927. Second from left the Stockholm Municipal commissioner Yngve Larsson.
General information
Type	Airliner
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Designer	Gustav Lachmann
Primary user	Deutsche Luft Hansa
Number built	4
History
First flight	1926

The Albatros L 73 was a German twin-engined biplane airliner of the 1920s. Of conventional configuration, it featured a streamlined, boat-like fuselage and engine nacelles. All four manufactured aircraft of that type were operated by Deutsche Luft Hansa, one of which (Brandenburg, D-961) crashed near Babekuhl on 28 May 1928.

Variants

L 73a: powered by two 310 kW (420 hp) Siemens-built Bristol Jupiter.
L 73b: version with Junkers L5 engines
L 73c: engines upgraded to BMW V

Operators

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

Germany

Deutsche Luft Hansa

Specifications (L 73b)

Data from The Albatros L.73

General characteristics

Crew: Two (pilot and engineer)
Capacity: Eight passengers
Length: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 19.7 m (64 ft 8 in)
Height: 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 92 m (990 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,914 kg (6,424 lb)
Gross weight: 4,610 kg (10,163 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × BMW IV six-cylinder, water-cooled Inline engine, 180 kW (240 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
Range: 540 km (340 mi, 290 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
Time to altitude: 14 minutes to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

References

Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 128c.
"The Albatros L.73: A German Biplane with Two 240 h.p. B.M.W. IV Engines". Flight. XVIII (924): 562–564. 9 September 1926.
Stroud 1966, p. 225.

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German Aircraft between 1919-1945

Albatros aircraft

Early aircraft

Military Idflieg
designations

B type unarmed reconnaissance biplanes	B.I B.II B.III
C type armed reconnaissance biplanes	C.I C.I (OAW) C.II C.II (OAW) C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIIII N C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
D type Doppeldecker fighters	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV
Dr type Dreidecker triplane fighters	Dr.I Dr.II
G type Grossflugzeug bombers	G.I G.II G.III G.IV
J type close support	J.I J.II J.III

Company
designations

Landflugzeug (Landplanes)	LDD L.1 L.2 L.3 L.4 L.5 L.6 L.7 L.8 L.9 L.10 L.11 L.12 L.13 L.14 L.15 L.16 L.17 L.18 L.19 L.20 L.21 L.22 L.23 L.24 L.25 L.26 L.27 L.28 L.29 L.30 L.31 L.32 L.33 L.34 L.35 L.36 L.37 L.38 L.39 L.40 L.41 L.42 L.43 L.44 L.45 L.46 L.47 L.48 L.49 L.50 L.51 L.52 L.53 L.54 L.55 L.56 L.57 L.58 L.59 L.60 L.65 L.66 L.67 L.68 L.69 L.70 L.71 L.72 L.73 L.74 L.75 L.76 L.77 L.78 L.79 L.80 L.81 L.82 L.83 L.84 L.100 L.101 L.102 L.103
Wasserflugzeug (Seaplanes)	W.1 W.2 W.3 W.4 W.5 W.8 WMZ
Höhenflugzeug (High Altitude)	H.1

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Variants

Operators

Specifications (L 73b)

References

Further reading

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