Etrich Luft-Limousine

Luft-Limousine
Etrich Luft-Limousine
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer Etrich
Designer Igo Etrich
First flight 1912
Primary user KuKLFT
Number built 2


The Luft-Limousine or Luftlimousine, also known as Etrich VIII Luft-Limousine, was a single engine monoplane built by the Etrich company in Silesia in 1912.

Development

The Luft-Limousine was designed by Igo Etrich, the builder of the Etrich Taube.[1]

The plane was built in the 'Etrich Fliegerwerke' factory in Liebau (today Lubawka, Poland). It was an aircraft with a cabin for one pilot and a single passenger that was enclosed with wire gauze and celluloid windows, the reason for which Igo Etrich named it Luft-Limousine.[2]

The Luft-Limousine was the first military monoplane with an enclosed cabin. It was powered by a 60 hp Austro-Daimler engine.[3]

Operational history

The maiden flight of this plane took place in Josefstadt on 7 May 1912.[4] During World War I the Luft-Limousine was used by the Austro-Hungarian army.[5]


Operators

 Austria-Hungary

Specifications

Data from [5]

General characteristics

See also

Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
Related lists

References

  1. ↑ Ignaz "Igo" Etrich
  2. ↑ Etrich Luft-Limousine picture
  3. ↑ Flying Machines - Etrich Luft-Limousine / VII
  4. ↑ Etrich VIII Luft-Limousine (Fluglimousine) 1912.
  5. 1 2 Jane's All The World's Air-craft 1913. Austro-Hungarian Aeroplanes; Army Section. P. 17 & p. 19 (picture)

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