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[[Albatros W.4|W.4]] - |
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'''W.5''' |
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<ref name=G&Th>{{cite book |title=German Aircraft of the First World War|url=https://archive.org/details/germanaircraftfi00thet|url-access=limited|last=Gray |first=Peter|last2=Thetford|first2=Owen |year= 1970|publisher= Putnam|location=London|isbn=0-85177-809-7|pages=[https://archive.org/details/germanaircraftfi00thet/page/n159 276] }}</ref>}} |
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* {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |
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|year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages= 56 }} |
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* [http://www.luftfahrt-archiv.de/Flugzeugtypen.asp?Type=Link&ID=T1367&Name=W_5&SID=810721180 luftfahrt-archiv.de]{{Dead link|date=April 2011}} |
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*{{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=Albatros Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes: Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-Types |date=2017 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=978-1-935881-49-0|series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series |volume=26}} |
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*{{cite book|last1=Schmeelke |first1=Michael |title="Torpedo Los!": The German Imperial Torpedo-Flieger |date=2020 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p. |isbn=978-1-953201-17-1}} |
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* {{cite web |url=http://www.luftfahrt-archiv.de/Flugzeugtypen.asp?Type=Link&ID=T1367&Name=W_5&SID=810721180 |title=Albatros / W.5 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |website=Luftfahrt Archiv |accessdate= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927203452/http://www.luftfahrt-archiv.de/Flugzeugtypen.asp?Type=Link&ID=T1367&Name=W_5&SID=810721180 |archivedate=27 September 2007}} |
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[[Category:1910s German bomber aircraft]] |
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[[Category:Floatplanes]] |
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[[Category:Torpedo bombers]] |
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Latest revision as of 11:23, 21 April 2024
W.5 | |
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Role | Torpedo bomber |
Manufacturer | Albatros Flugzeugwerke |
Number built | 5 |
The Alabatros W.5 was a floatplane torpedo bomber used by Germany during World War I. It was a biplane with twin pusher engines.
Operators[edit]
Specifications (W.5)[edit]
Data from German Aircraft of World War I[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: three
- Length: 13.10 m (43 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 22.7 m (74 ft 5 in)
- Height: 4.25 m (13 ft 11 in)
- Gross weight: 3,665 kg (8,080 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Benz Bz.III , 112 kW (150 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 133 km/h (83 mph, 72 kn)
- Range: 490 km (300 mi, 260 nmi)
Armament
- Torpedoes
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam. pp. 276. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
Bibliography[edit]
- Herris, Jack (2017). Albatros Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes: Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-Types. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 26. Charleston, South Carolina: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-49-0.
- Schmeelke, Michael (2020). "Torpedo Los!": The German Imperial Torpedo-Flieger. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-953201-17-1.
- "Albatros / W.5". Luftfahrt Archiv. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007.