Lübeck-Travemünde F.4
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Lübeck-Travemünde F.4 | |
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Role | Seaplane |
Manufacturer | Lübeck-Travemünde |
First flight | March 1918 [1] |
Primary user | Germany |
Number built | 3 to 34[note 1] |
Wingspan | 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)[2] or 18.0 m (59 ft 0 in) [3] |
Engine | 200hp Benz inline |
Armament | rear flexible Parabellum |
Crew | 2 [3] |
Max Speed | 140 km/h (87 mph) [3][2] |
Climb | 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 9:00[3] to 9:18[2] 2,700 m (9,000 ft) in 27:30[3] |
The Lübeck-Travemünde F.4 was a heavy floatplane with full radio equipment meant for patrol. After successes with the first three prototypes, an order for thirty was placed. After the war, one ended up in Norway, where it was converted to civilian use. [1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Lübeck-Travemünde_F.2.
References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
- Heinz J. Nowarra, Bruce Robertson, and Peter G. Cooksley. Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Herts, England: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1966. ISBN 0900435070