Lebed 7
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Lebed 7 | |
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Role | Reconnaissance |
Manufacturer | Lebed |
Introduction | 1914 |
Primary user | Russia |
Developed from | Sopwith Tabloid |
Engine | 80hp Gnome rotary |
Armament | none |
Crew | 1 |
Max Speed | 140 km/h (90 mph) [1] |
Climb | 1,200 m (3,940 ft) in 1:00 [1] |
The Lebed 7 was a copy of the Sopwith Tabloid with the 80hp Gnome engine. Small numbers of them were built and used from 1914 through the winter of 1915-1916. [2]
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References
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- Bibliography
- Alan Durkota, Thomas Darcey, and Victor Kulikov. The Imperial Russian Air Service. Flying Machines Press, 1995. ISBN 0-9637110-2-4