Etrich Luft-Limousine
| Luft-Limousine | |
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| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| National origin | Austria-Hungary |
| Manufacturer | Etrich |
| Designer | Igo Etrich |
| First flight | 1912 |
| Primary user | KuKLFT |
| Number built | 2 |
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The Luft-Limousine or Luftlimousine, also known as Etrich VIII Luft-Limousine, was a single engine monoplane built by the Etrich company in Silesia in 1912.
Development
The Luft-Limousine was designed by Igo Etrich, the builder of the Etrich Taube.[1]
The plane was built in the 'Etrich Fliegerwerke' factory in Liebau (today Lubawka, Poland). It was an aircraft with a cabin for one pilot and a single passenger that was enclosed with wire gauze and celluloid windows, the reason for which Igo Etrich named it Luft-Limousine.[2]
The Luft-Limousine was the first military monoplane with an enclosed cabin. It was powered by a 60 hp Austro-Daimler engine.[3]
Operational history
The maiden flight of this plane took place in Josefstadt on 7 May 1912.[4] During World War I the Luft-Limousine was used by the Austro-Hungarian army.[5]
Operators
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- Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops
Specifications
Data from [5]
General characteristics
- Crew: Two, pilot and observer
- Length: 8 m ( ft in)
- Wingspan: 9.5 m ( ft in)
- Wing area: 26 m2 ( ft2) each
See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
- Albessard Aérobus
- Related lists
References
- Grosz, Peter (2002). Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Flying Machine Press.
External links
- Early Birds 1912
- Aviation in 1913: Images from Scientific American's Archives (Slide Show)
- Austrian Philately; 90 years of Aviation - Etrich Luft-Limousine stamp
- Combatace.com The Museum of Diseased Imaginings
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