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Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 467

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No. 467–470
Role Training seaplane
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
First flight 1916
Primary user Imperial German Navy
Number built 4

Numbers 467 to 470 were four examples of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War.[1][2][3][4] These four aircraft were the subject of an order by the Navy for trainer seaplanes for the base at Putzig, at a time when most trainers were merely obsolete front-line types.[1]

Construction of these unarmed two-seat biplanes[3] took place between October 1916 and March 1917.,[1] ahead of a separate order for two more machines of different design that had been assigned lower serial numbers by the Navy (404–405).[1]


Specifications

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Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154, Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
  • Length: 9.10 m (29 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 15.68 m (51 ft 5 in)
  • Height: 3.67 m (12 ft 1 in)
  • Wing area: 52.0 m2 (562 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,063 kg (2,339 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,632 kg (3,690 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.III , 110 kW (150 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 128 km/h (80 mph, 70 kn)
  • Rate of climb: 1.1 m/s (220 ft/min)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Nowarra 1966, p.78
  2. ^ Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450
  3. ^ a b Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154
  4. ^ Taylor 1989, p.547

References

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  • Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam.
  • Kroschel, Günter; Helmut Stützer (1994). Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918. Herford: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn.
  • Nowarra, Heinz J. (1966). Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, Harts: Harleyford Publications.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.