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Albatros B.I

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Type of aircraft

B.I
Albatros B.I
General information
Type	Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte

TheAlbatros B.I, (post-war company designationL.1) was a German militaryreconnaissance aircraft designed in1913 and which saw service duringWorld War I.^[1]

Design and development

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The B.I was a two-seat biplane of conventional configuration that seated the observer and the pilot in separate cockpits in tandem. The wings were originally of three-bay design, but were later changed to a two-bay, unstaggered configuration; featuring a typical aileron control cable system for German aircraft of the time, that allowed for a horizontal control horn that fitted into a structural pocket in the wing structure at neutral. A floatplane version was developed as theAlbatros W.I.

Variants

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German Albatros B.I interned by the Dutch in April 1915.

B.I: German production aircraft for theLuftstreitkräfte
Phönix 20.01: First prototype for Austrian production.^[2]
Phönix 20.02: second prototype for Austrian production.
B.I(Ph) series 21: Production byPhönix Flugzeug-Werke AG at Vienna for theAustro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops.
B.I(Ph) series 24: Production by Phönix Flugzeug-Werke AG at Vienna for the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops.
B.I(Ph) series 25: Production by Phönix Flugzeug-Werke AG at Vienna, with the KNV (Knoller Verspannung) for the Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops; 48 ordered, reduced to 16 due to delays and persistent problems.

Operational history

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The B.Is were withdrawn from front line service in1915 but some examples served as trainers for the remainder of the war.

Operators

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The apparent crash landing of an Albatros B.I of the Dutch Luchtvaartafdeeling (air force).

Austria-Hungary

Austro-Hungarian Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops

Bulgaria

Bulgarian Air Force

German Empire

Netherlands

Royal Netherlands Air Force

Poland

ThePolish Air Force operated this type postwar.

Romania

Romanian Air Corps – One Albatros purchased from Germany in 1913^[3]

Turkey

Ottoman Air Force

Surviving aircraft

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ThePhönix 20.01, prototype for Austrian production of the Albatros B.I(Ph), is preserved at theHeeresgeschichtliches Museum inVienna.

Specifications (B.I)

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Phönix 20.01:Prototype for Austrian production of the Albatros B.I(Ph)

Data fromGerman aircraft of the First World War^[4]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 8.57 m (28 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 14.48 m (47 ft 6 in)
Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
Empty weight: 747 kg (1,647 lb)
Gross weight: 1,080 kg (2,381 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×Mercedes D.I 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 105 km/h (65 mph, 57 kn)
Range: 650 km (400 mi, 350 nmi)
Endurance: ca 4 hours
Time to altitude: 800 m (2,600 ft) in 10 minutes

References

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^Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 51.
^Treadwell, Terry C. (2010).German & Austro-Hungarian aircraft manufacturers 1908–1918. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. pp. 236–244.ISBN 978-1-4456-0102-1.
^Valeriu Avram (2013)."Din Istoria Aripilor Românești 1910–1916"(PDF).Buletinul Arhivelor Militare Române (in Romanian). No. 61/2013. pp. 2–17.ISSN 1454-0924.
^Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970).German aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 252.ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

Bibliography

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Wikimedia Commons has media related toAlbatros B.I.

Herris, Jack (2016).Albatros Aircraft of WWI: Volume 1: Early Two-Seaters: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 24. n.p.: Aeronaut Books.ISBN 978-1-935881-47-6.
Klaauw, Bart van der (March–April 1999). "Unexpected Windfalls: Accidentally or Deliberately, More than 100 Aircraft 'arrived' in Dutch Territory During the Great War".Air Enthusiast (80):54–59.ISSN 0143-5450.

Albatros aircraft

Early aircraft

MilitaryIdflieg
designations

B type unarmed reconnaissance biplanes	B.I B.II B.III
C type armed reconnaissance biplanes	C.I C.I (OAW) C.II C.II (OAW) C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIIII N C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
D typeDoppeldecker fighters	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV
Dr typeDreidecker triplane fighters	Dr.I Dr.II
G typeGrossflugzeug bombers	G.I G.II G.III G.IV
J type close support	J.I J.II J.III

Company
designations

Landflugzeug (Landplanes)	LDD L.1 L.2 L.3 L.4 L.5 L.6 L.7 L.8 L.9 L.10 L.11 L.12 L.13 L.14 L.15 L.16 L.17 L.18 L.19 L.20 L.21 L.22 L.23 L.24 L.25 L.26 L.27 L.28 L.29 L.30 L.31 L.32 L.33 L.34 L.35 L.36 L.37 L.38 L.39 L.40 L.41 L.42 L.43 L.44 L.45 L.46 L.47 L.48 L.49 L.50 L.51 L.52 L.53 L.54 L.55 L.56 L.57 L.58 L.59 L.60 L.65 L.66 L.67 L.68 L.69 L.70 L.71 L.72 L.73 L.74 L.75 L.76 L.77 L.78 L.79 L.80 L.81 L.82 L.83 L.84 L.100 L.101 L.102 L.103
Wasserflugzeug (Seaplanes)	W.1 W.2 W.3 W.4 W.5 W.8 WMZ
Höhenflugzeug (High Altitude)	H.1

v t e World War I aircraft of the Central Powers
Fighters	AEG D.I AEG Dr.I Albatros D.I Albatros D.II Albatros D.III Albatros D.V Aviatik D.I Aviatik C.VI Daimler L.6 Euler D.I Euler D.II Fokker D.I Fokker D.II Fokker D.III Fokker D.IV Fokker D.V Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VII Fokker D.VIII Fokker Dr.I Fokker E.I Fokker E.II Fokker E.III Fokker E.IV Fokker E.V Halberstadt D.II Hannover CL.II Hannover CL.III Hannover CL.IV Hannover CL.V Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Junkers D.I Kondor D.6 Kondor E.III Naglo D.II Pfalz D.III Pfalz D.XII Pfalz Dr.I Pfalz E.I Pfalz E.II Phönix D.I LFG Roland D.II LFG Roland D.VI Siemens-Schuckert D.I Siemens-Schuckert D.II Siemens-Schuckert D.III Siemens-Schuckert D.IV Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
Bombers and ground attack	AEG DJ.I AEG G.I AEG G.II AEG G.III AEG G.IV AEG G.V AEG J.I AEG J.II AEG R.I Friedrichshafen G.II Friedrichshafen G.III Gotha G.I Gotha G.II Gotha G.III Gotha G.IV Gotha G.V Gotha GL.VII Gotha G.IX Hannover CL.II Junkers CL.I Junkers J.I Rumpler G.I Rumpler G.II Rumpler G.III Siemens-Schuckert L.I Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Reconnaissance	AEG B.I AEG B.II AEG B.III AEG C.I AEG C.II AEG C.III AEG C.IV AEG C.V AEG C.VI AEG C.VII AEG C.VIII AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII Albatros B.I Albatros B.II Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.V Albatros C.VII Albatros C.IX Albatros C.X Albatros C.XII Aviatik B.I Aviatik B.II Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.VI DFW C.V LFG Roland C.II LVG B.I LVG C.II Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Rumpler Taube
Trainers	Euler D.I
Prototypes	Albatros C.II Fokker V.1 Fokker V.2 Junkers J 1 Junkers J 2 Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.I

v t e Idflieg B-class aircraft designations
AEG	B.I B.II B.III
Albatros	B.I B.II B.III
Aviatik	B.I B.II B.III
DFW	B.I B.II
Euler	B.I B.II B.III
Germania	B.I
Gotha	B.I B.II
Halberstadt	B.I B.II B.III
Kondor	B.I
LVG	B.I B.II B.III
NFW	B.I
Otto	B.I
Rumpler	B.I
Sablatnig	B.I
Siemens-Schuckert	B.I