Thulin LA

Infobox Aircraft
name=LA


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type=Trainer aircraft
manufacturer=AB Thulinverken
designer=Enoch Thulin
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introduced=1917
retired=1920
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primary user=
more users=Finnish Air Force
Dutch Air Force
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number built=15
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Thulin LA was a Swedish twin-seat, single-engine biplane designed by Enoch Thulin in 1917, based on the Thulin L and E aircraft, but with a new fuselage and stabilisator. The L and E aircraft were in turn based on the German Albatros B.II aircraft, like the NAB Albatros. The main design criteria was to replace the heavy Mercedes engine wilth a lighter Thulin A engine, but this was not entirely successful.

The Thulin LA was used in Sweden, Holland (10) and Finland (1). This type also made the first passenger transports between Sweden and Denmark in 1919. Altogether there were 15 Thulin LAs built.

Operators

;SWE;FIN;NLD

Use in Finland

The Finnish Air Force (The "Whites") received one aircraft as a gift from Sweden by the grocery magnate G. Svensson in the spring of 1918.

The aircraft arrived by ship to Turku on May 5, 1918, from where it was transported to Lento-osasto V in November. The aircraft was mainly used as a trainer aircraft. It was desroyed in a crash, due to engine malfunction, outside Helsinki's Pohjoissatama in February 1919.

pecifications (LA)

aircraft specifications

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jet or prop?=prop

ref=Suomen Ilmavoimat I

crew=2
capacity=
length main=7.8 m
length alt=25 ft 7 in
span main=11.5 m
span alt=37 ft 9 in
height main=3.4 m
height alt=11 ft 2 in
area main=36.0 m²
area alt=387.3 ft²
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empty weight main= kg
empty weight alt= lb
loaded weight main=
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useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main= kg
max takeoff weight alt= lb
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engine (prop)=Thulin typ A
type of prop=9-cylinder rotary piston engine
number of props=1
power main=67 kW
power alt=90 hp
power original=

max speed main=120 km/h
max speed alt=65 knots, 74 mph
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= knots, mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main= m
ceiling alt= ft
climb rate main= m/min
climb rate alt=
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
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power/mass main=W/kg
power/mass alt=hp/lb
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ources

* Keskinen, Kalevi; Partonen, Kyösti and Stenman, Kari: "Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27", 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.
* Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari and Niska, Klaus: "Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939", Tietoteos, 1976.

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