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what is it?
The Albatros W.5 was a floatplane torpedo bomber used by Germany during World War I. It was a biplane with twin pusher engines.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · biplane · 22.7 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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Wingspan of 22.7 m: about 5 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
- 1917
- number built
- 5
- role
- torpedo bomber
- makers
- Albatros
- engines
- 2× Benz Bz.III / Bz.III
- length
- 13.1 m
- wingspan
- 22.7 m
- height
- 4.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,665 kg
- top speed
- 133 km/h
- range
- 490 km
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2830840, Wikipedia: Albatros W.5 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.