what is it?
The Albatros L 60 was a two-seat German utility aircraft of the 1920s developed from the Albatros L 59. It was a single-engine low-wing cantilever monoplane with large, spatted undercarriage.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 10.3 m wingspan
base stats
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
- First flew 103 years ago, in 1923.
- Wingspan of 10.3 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1923
- number built
- —
- role
- utility aircraft
- makers
- Albatros
- engines
- 1× Siemens-Halske Sh 5
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 5.4 m
- wingspan
- 10.3 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 600 kg
- top speed
- 165 km/h
- range
- 400 km
- ceiling
- 3,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3607926, Wikipedia: Albatros L 60 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.