Lohner T.I

The Lohner company called this plane the Type T, but the Austro-Hungarian Navy called it the Type L. It looked much like the earlier Lohner E, but it was larger and had a more powerful engine. Pilot and observer sat side-by-side, with the observer on the right. On some planes the observer was armed with a swiveling Schwarzlose machine-gun. The Type T's were widely used in the Adriatic and over the Italian mainland, making up much of the KuK Kriegsmarine's inventory in 1915 and 1916.

Later orders in 1915 were fulfilled by the modified Lohner Tl, where 'l' means Leicht or light. Of the 107 Type L's completed, 33 were the six-bay Type T and 74 were of the lightened four-bay Type Tl.

When a Type T (L40) was captured by the Italians on 27 May 1915, it was analyzed and led to the Macchi L.1 flying boats. (The Macchi L.1 was almost a direct copy. )

In 1915, the Type L accounted for 41 of 42 planes accepted by KuK Kriegsmarine; in 1916, 64 of 114. 107 were built in total, including two that were sent to Germany for evaluation, of which about 2/3 were built or finished by UFAG. The type served through the end of the war, though slow attrition through accidents and combat losses meant that only a few survived into the second half of 1918, and only seven were on hand on 7 Oct 1918.

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1:144 Scale

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 * Typical: Columbia Aerodrome, Reduced Aircraft Factory
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1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

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