Albatros L 76

Albatros L 76
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Albatros
First flight 1927
Number built 6


The Albatros L 76 Aeolus was a 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,[1] as well as the training of the Soviet Air Force.[2] It was difficult to fly, and killed many people, including Emil Thuy,[3] who crashed near Smolensk on June 11, 1930,[1] and Paul Jeschonnek, who crashed near Berlin on June 13, 1929. As a result, it had to be improved, leading to the production of the Albatros L 77v, designed by Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke.

Operators

 Soviet Union

Specifications

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. 1 2 Beauvais, Heinrich (2002). German secret flight test centres to 1945: Johannisthal, Lipetsk, Rechlin, Travemünde, Tarnewitz, Peenemünde-West. Midland. ISBN 978-1-85780-127-9.
  2. Boyd, Alexander (1977). The Soviet Air Force since 1918. Stein and Day. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8128-2242-7.
  3. Musciano, Walter A. (1966). Eagles of the black cross. L. Obolensky. p. 261.

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