L 59
Role Sport aircraft
Manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke
First flight 1923
Produced 4 (both variants)

The Albatros L 59 was a single-seat German utility aircraft of the 1920s. It was a single-engine low-wing cantilever monoplane with large, spatted wide track undercarriage attached, unusually for the time not to the fuselage but to the wing roots. The whole aircraft was covered in 3-ply.[1]

The L.59 was flying by September 1923.[1]

Variants

L.59
Single seat, 60 hp (45 kW) Siemens-Halske Sh.4 5-cylinder radial.[1] One built.[2]
L.60
Two seats, 80 hp (60 kW) Siemens-Halske Sh 5 7-cylinder radial. Identical dimensions, slightly heavier empty and faster both level and climbing.[1][3] Three built.[4]

Specifications (L 59)

Data from Flight 13 September 1923, pp. 581–2

L.59

General characteristics

Performance

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "The Albatros sporting types L.59 and L.60". Flight. Vol. XV, no. 37. 13 September 1923. pp. 581–2.
  2. ^ "German Aircraft between 1919-1945 - Albatros L.59". Retrieved 9 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "The German exhibits". Flight. Vol. XV, no. 24. 12 June 1924. p. 384.
  4. ^ "German Aircraft between 1919-1945 - Albatros L.60". Retrieved 9 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
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