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Reconnaissance flying boat built in Austria-Hungary during World War I
Lohner E
Lohner E number E17 circa 1914
Role
Reconnaissance
flying boat Type of aircraft
National origin
Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer
Lohner
First flight
10 November 1913
[1]
Number built
approximately 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.
Around 40 examples were built before production shifted to the more powerful
L .
[2]
[3]
Operators
Specifications
Data from 'The Encyclopedia of World War I
[4]
General characteristics
Crew: Two, pilot and observer
Length: 10.25 m (33 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 16.20 m (53 ft 2 in)
Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
Gross weight: 1,700 kg (3,747 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×
Hiero 85hp , 67 kW (85 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 105 km/h (65 mph, 56 kn)
Endurance: 4 hours
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,120 ft)
[5]
See also
Related lists
Notes
^
a
b
"die "E"-Flugboote von Lohner" . doppeladler.com . Retrieved 30 August 2015 .
^
a
b Taylor 1989, p. 611.
^
a
b
c World Aircraft Information Files . London: Bright Star Publishing, pp. File 900 Sheet 20.
^ Tucker 2005, p. 65.
^ Angelucci 1983, p. 88.
Bibliography
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Lohner E .
Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983.
ISBN
0-517-41021-4 .
Taylor, Michael J. H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . London: Studio Editions, 1989.
ISBN
0-517-69186-8 .
Tucker, Spencer. The Encyclopedia of World War I . Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2005.
ISBN
978-1851094202 .
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