Lohner E

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Lohner E
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Lohner E number E17 circa 1914
Role Reconnaissance flying boat
National originAustria-Hungary
Manufacturer Lohner
First flight10 November 1913 [1]
Number builtapproximately 40

The Lohner E was a reconnaissance flying boat built in Austria-Hungary during World War I. [2] [3] The "E" stood for Igo Etrich, one of the Lohner engineers. [1] It was a conventional design for its day with biplane wings that featured slight sweepback, and an engine mounted pusher-fashion in the interplane gap. [3] Its crew of two was seated in an open cockpit.

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Around 40 examples were built before production shifted to the more powerful L. [2] [3]

Operators

Specifications

Lohner E.svg

Data fromThe Encyclopedia of World War I [4]

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Related lists

Notes

  1. 1 2 "die "E"-Flugboote von Lohner". doppeladler.com. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Taylor 1989, p. 611.
  3. 1 2 3 World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing, pp. File 900 Sheet 20.
  4. Tucker 2005, p. 65.
  5. Angelucci 1983, p. 88.

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