| LA | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Trainer aircraft |
| Manufacturer | AB Thulinverken |
| Designer | Enoch Thulin |
| Primary users | |
| Number built | 15 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 1917 |
| Retired | 1920 |
TheThulin LA was aSwedish two-seat, single-enginebiplane designed byEnoch Thulin in 1917 and made by his companyAB Thulinverken inLandskrona. It was based on the earlierThulin L andE aircraft, with a new engine, fuselage andempennage. The L and E types were in turn based on the GermanAlbatros B.II aircraft, like theNAB Albatros. The Thulin LA was used in Sweden, the Netherlands (10) and Finland (1). This type also made the first passenger transport flights between Sweden and Denmark in 1919. Altogether there were 15 Thulin LAs built.
The engine used was a Thulin G, which was an 11-cylinder 75 kW (100 hp)Le Rhône 11F (bore x stroke 105 mm × 140 mm (4.1 in × 5.5 in)),[nb 1] manufactured under licence by Thulinverken in Sweden. Thulin had journeyed to France in 1915 and acquired the licence to manufacture it fromGnome et Rhône, as well as theLe Rhône 9C, which was sold as the Thulin A.[1] The Thulin-built engine, with a dry weight of 168 kg (370 lb), replaced the much heavier original engine of the Albatros B.II, aMercedes D.II 89 kW (120 hp) 6-cylinder inline water-cooled engine weighing 240 kg (530 lb).
TheFinnish Air Force (TheWhites) received one aircraft as a gift from Sweden from the grocery magnate G. Svensson in the spring of 1918.
The aircraft arrived by ship atTurku on 5 May 1918, where it was used at the Turku Flying School (Turun Lentokoulu), established on 1 May 1918. The flying school was renamed V Flying Detachment (V Lento-osasto) of the Finnish Air Force on 1 October 1918.[2][3] The aircraft was mainly used as a trainer aircraft and was destroyed in a crash due to engine malfunction outsideHelsinki's Pohjoissatama harbour in February 1919.
Thulin also made afloatplane version of the LA, based on theAlbatros B.II-W ("Wasserflugzeug").
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