Lohner B.IV
Lohner B.IV | |
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Role | Reconnaissance |
Manufacturer | Lohner |
Introduction | June 1915 |
Primary user | Austria-Hungary |
Number built | 9 [1] |
Wingspan | 13.5 m (44 ft 2 in) [2] |
Engine | 100hp Mercedes inline |
Armament | sometimes a rear flexible Schwarzlose[3] |
Crew | 2 |
Max Speed | 115 km/h (71 mph)[4] |
Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 11:00[4] |
Ceiling | 2,000 m (6,500 ft)[2] |
Lohner rebuilt one of the Lohner B.IIIs with new wings, undercarriage, and engine as the Series 15 or Type G. Its career was brief: it was accepted on June 1915 and written-off in August. [1]
UFAG built eight Lohner B.IV(U) (Series 15.5). They saw brief service before becoming training aircraft. [5]
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References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Peter M. Grosz, George Haddow, and Peter Schiemer. Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Flying Machines Press, 1993. ISBN 0-9637110-0-8.
- W.M. Lamberton and E.F. Cheesman, Reconnaissance & Bomber Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Great Britain: Harleyford Publications Ltd., 1962. ISBN 9780900435027