Albatros L 69

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L 69
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Albatros L.69 at the 1925 Round Germany Contest
General information
TypeRacer
Manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Designer
R. Schubert
Number built4
History
First flight1925

The Albatros L 69 was a two-seat German parasol monoplane racing and training aircraft of 1925. It was a single-engine parasol-wing monoplane of conventional configuration that seated the pilot and passenger in tandem, open cockpits. It was advertised as a trainer, however contemporary reports dismissed this due to the difficulty in accessing the front cockpit, and the designers' focus on performance. [1]

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Operational history

In 1925, the Albatros test pilot Kurt Ungewitter won Class D in the Deutsche Rundflug ("Round Germany") in an L 69a, but was killed in one in a crash two years later. The "Round-Saxony" flight Class D was won by a Bristol Lucifer-engined Albatros L.69, piloted by a student at an average speed of 165 km/h. [2]

Variants

Specifications (L 69a)

General characteristics

Performance

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References

Notes

  1. Flight, 29 October 1925, p.702
  2. Flight, 29 October 1925, p.701

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