Alter A.1

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National origin Germany
Manufacturer Alter [1]
Designer Kallweit and Ketterer
First flightFebruary 1917
Number built1

The Alter A.1 was a single-seat biplane fighter aircraft first flown in February 1917. Built by Ludwig Alter-Werke of Darmstadt to a design by Kallweit and Ketterer, the A.1 was very similar in concept to the Nieuport 11, but not an exact copy. [1]

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Design and development

Powered by a 110 hp Goebel Goe II 7-cylinder rotary engine, the A.1 had I-type inter-plane struts and a wood-framed, fabric and plywood covered fuselage, armed with twin, synchronised 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 machine guns.

Development was halted following demonstration to the Idflieg (Inspektion der Fliegertruppe), who judged its performance inadequate and its construction overly flimsy. [1]

Specifications (Alter A.I)

Data from Alter A.Ifr:Alter A.I

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN   0-370-00103-6.

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