Albatros L 72

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type=Cargo aircraft
manufacturer=Albatros Flugzeugwerke
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The Albatros L 72 was a German transport aircraft of the 1920s, designed to carry newspapers between German cities for Ullstein-Verlag. A single revised example was built for the "Hamburger Fremdenblatt". The L 72 was a single-engine biplane of conventional configuration with unstaggered wings of equal span.

Variants

* L 72a
* L 72b - two examples for Ullstein AG
* L 72c Albis - one example for Hamburger Fremdenblatt

pecifications (L 72c)

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crew=two, pilot and one other
capacity=4 passengers or 400 kg (880 lb) cargo
length m=10.5
length ft=34
length in=5
span m=13.0
span ft=42
span in=8
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height m=3.6
height ft=11
height in=8
wing area sqm=44.5
wing area sqft=479
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empty weight kg=1,345
empty weight lb=2,970
gross weight kg=3,090
gross weight lb=6,810

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eng1 type=BMW IV
eng1 kw= 180
eng1 hp= 240
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max speed kmh=160
max speed mph=100
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ceiling m=3,100
ceiling ft=10,200
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References

* cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation
year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=55
* [http://www.histaviation.com/Albatros_L_72.html German Aircraft between 1919-1945]
* [http://www.luftfahrt-archiv.de/Flugzeugtypen.asp?Type=Link&ID=T863&Name=L_72&SID=810721180 luftfahrt-archiv.de]

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L 69 -
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L 73 -
L 74 -
L 75

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