Albatros L 73

L 73

D-961 Brandenburg at the opening of Stettin Airstrip in 1927. Second from left the Stockholm Municipal commissioner Yngve Larsson.
Role	Airliner
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
First flight	1926
Primary user	Deutsche Luft Hansa
Number built	4

The Albatros L 73 was a German twin-engined biplane airliner of the 1920s. Of conventional configuration, it featured a streamlined, boat-like fuselage and engine nacelles. All four manufactured aircraft of that type were operated by Deutsche Luft Hansa, one of which (Brandenburg, D-961) crashed near Babekuhl on 28 May 1928.

Variants

L 73b - version with Junkers L5 engines
L 73c - engines upgraded to BMW V

Operators

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

Germany

Deutsche Luft Hansa

Specifications (L 73a)

Data from The Albatros L.73^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: Two (pilot and engineer)
Capacity: Eight passengers
Length: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 19.7 m (64 ft 8 in)
Height: 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 92 m² (990 sq ft)
Empty weight: 2,914 kg (6,424 lb)
Gross weight: 4,610 kg (10,163 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × BMW IV six-cylinder, water-cooled Inline engine, 180 kW (240 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph; 78 kn)
Range: 540 km (336 mi; 292 nmi) ^[2]
Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Time to altitude: 14 minutes to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

References

↑ Flight 9 September 1926, p. 564.
↑ Stroud 1966, p. 225.

"The Albatros L.73: A German Biplane with Two 240 h.p. B.M.W. IV Engines". Flight. Vol. XVIII no. 924. 9 September 1926. pp. 562–564.
Stroud, John (1966). European Transport Aircraft since 1910. London: Putnam.
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 55–56.
German Aircraft between 1919-1945

External links

Media related to Albatros L 73 at Wikimedia Commons

Aircraft designed and built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke

Early aircraft

Military
designations

Dr.I
Dr.II

J.I
J.II
J.III

Company
designations

Landflugzeug (Landplanes)	L.1 L.2 L.3 L.4 L.5 L.6 L.7 L.8 L.9 L.10 L.11 L.12 L.13 L.14 L.15 L.16 L.17 L.18 L.19 L.20 L.21 L.22 L.23 L.24 L.25 L.26 L.27 L.28 L.29 L.30 L.31 L.32 L.33 L.34 L.35 L.36 L.37 L.38 L.39 L.40 L.41 L.42 L.43 L.44 L.45 L.46 L.47 L.48 (project) L.49 L.50 (project) L.51 L.52 L.53 L.54 L.55 L.56 L.57 L.58 L.59 L.60 L.65 L.66 L.67 L.68 L.69 L.70 L.71 L.72 L.73 L.74 L.75 L.76 L.77 L.78 L.79 L.80 L.81 L.82 L.83 L.84 L.100 L.101 L.102 L.103

Wasserflugzeug (Waterplanes)	W.1 W.2 W.3 W.4 W.5 W.8

Höhenflugzeug (High Altitude)	H.1

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