Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 467

Numbers 467 to 470 were four examples of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War.^[1][2][3][4] These four aircraft were the subject of an order by the Navy for trainer seaplanes for the base at Putzig, at a time when most trainers were merely obsolete front-line types.^[1]

Construction of these unarmed two-seat biplanes^[3] took place between October 1916 and March 1917.,^[1] ahead of a separate order for two more machines of different design that had been assigned lower serial numbers by the Navy (404–405).^[1]

Specifications

Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154, Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
• Length: 9.10 m (29 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 15.68 m (51 ft 5 in)
• Height: 3.67 m (12 ft 1 in)
• Wing area: 52.0 m² (562 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,063 kg (2,339 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,632 kg (3,690 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.III, 110 kW (150 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 128 km/h (80 mph)
• Rate of climb: 1.1 m/s (220 ft/min)

Notes

References

• Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam. 
• Kroschel, Günter; Helmut Stützer (1994). Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918. Herford: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. 
• Nowarra, Heinz J. (1966). Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, Harts: Harleyford Publications. 
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.