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| Country:
Germany |
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Type: Fighter |
| Manufacturer:
Albatros |
| Service:
1916 - 1918 |
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Flight: August 1916 |
| Production:
1866 |
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The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) and the Austro-Hungarian Air Service (Luftfahrtruppen) during the First World War. The D.III was flown by many top German aces, including Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Erich Loewenhardt, Kurt Wolff, and Karl Emil Schaefer. It was the preeminent fighter during the period of German aerial dominance known as Bloody April 1917.
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| TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS ( D.III) |
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General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 7.33 m (24 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
- Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 23.6 m (254 ft)
- Empty weight: 695 kg (1,532 lb)
- Loaded weight: 886 kg (1,949 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 955 kg (2,105 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 x Mercedes D.IIIa inline water cooled engine, 127 kW (170 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 175 km/h (94 knots, 108.5 mph) at sea level
- Range: 480 km (261 nm, 300 mi)
- Service ceiling 5,500 m (18,044 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4.5 m/s (886ft/min)
- Wing loading: 37.5 kg/m (7.67 lb/ft)
- Power/mass: 0.13 kW/kg (7.7 hp/lb)
Armament
- 2 x 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 machine guns
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