Albatros C.I

what is it?

The Albatros C.I, (post-war company designations L.6 & L.7), was a twin-seat general-purpose biplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke. It was the first of the successful C-series aircraft operated by the Luftstreitkräfte. During the opening year of the First World War, unarmed aircraft such as the Albatros B.II became increasingly vulnerable to the increasing numbers of armed military aircraft fielded by the Allies.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 132 km/htop speed
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,190 kgmax take-off weight
• built 745made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🚗Wingspan of 12.9 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1915

retired

1917

status

retired

number built

745

role

reconnaissance aircraft

makers

Albatros

engines

1× Mercedes D.III

crew

2

passengers

2

length

7.9 m

wingspan

12.9 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,190 kg

top speed

132 km/h

range

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ceiling

3,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.