Albatros L 76

what is it?

The Albatros L 76 Aeolus was a German military reconnaissance aircraft built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke in 1927. The plane had wooden dual-spar wings with plywood skins supported by N-type struts and a fabric-covered fuselage made of welded steel tubing. The aircraft was used for testing, as well as the training of the Soviet Air Force.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 235 km/htop speed
• built 6made 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

• 🎂First flew 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.8 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

1927

number built

6

role

reconnaissance aircraft

origin

German Reich

makers

Albatros

engines

1× BMW VI

crew

2

length

8.6 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

3.7 m

top speed

235 km/h

range

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