3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Albatros L-82 wings folded L'Aéronautique August,1929: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 2. Albatros L 82 L'Aérophile September,1929: L'Aérophile magazine· Public domain
- 3. Albatros L-82 left side L'Aéronautique August,1929: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
what is it?
The Albatros L 82 was a 1920s German trainer biplane. Of conventional configuration, it seated the pilot and instructor in separate, open cockpits. The wings were single-bay, equal-span, and unstaggered.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 9 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 97 years ago, in 1929.
- Wingspan of 9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1929
- number built
- 17
- role
- trainer
- makers
- Albatros
- engines
- 1× Siemens-Halske Sh 14
- length
- 7.4 m
- wingspan
- 9 m
- height
- 2.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 750 kg
- top speed
- 160 km/h
- range
- 560 km
- ceiling
- 3,800 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2830839, Wikipedia: Albatros L 82 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.