avia.wikisort.org - Aeroplane

The Luft-Limousine or Luftlimousine, also known as Etrich VIII Luft-Limousine, was a single engine monoplane built by the Etrich company in Silesia in 1912.

Luft-Limousine
Etrich Luft-Limousine
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer	Etrich
Designer	Igo Etrich
First flight	1912
Primary user	KuKLFT
Number built	2

Development

The Luft-Limousine was designed by Igo Etrich, the builder of the Etrich Taube.[1]

The plane was built in the 'Etrich Fliegerwerke' factory in Liebau (today Lubawka, Poland). It was an aircraft with a cabin for one pilot and a single passenger that was enclosed with wire gauze and celluloid windows, the reason for which Igo Etrich named it Luft-Limousine.[1] The Luft-Limousine was the first military monoplane with an enclosed cabin. It was powered by a 60 hp Austro-Daimler engine.[1]

Operational history

The maiden flight of this plane took place in Josefstadt, only few kilometres south of Trautenau on 7 May 1912.[2] During World War I the Luft-Limousine was used by the Austro-Hungarian army.[1]

Operators

 Austria-Hungary

• Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and observer
• Length: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 26 m² (280 sq ft)
• Powerplant: 1 × Austro-Daimler sidevalve engine, 45 kW (60 hp)

Performance

See also

Related development

• Etrich Taube

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Albessard Aérobus

Related lists

• List of aircraft (pre-1914)

References

External links

• Early Birds 1912
• Aviation in 1913: Images from Scientific American's Archives (Slide Show)
• Austrian Philately; 90 years of Aviation - Etrich Luft-Limousine stamp
• Combatace.com The Museum of Diseased Imaginings

---