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The Albatros L102 (company designation) / Albatros Al 102 (RLM designation), was a German
*L102L
:The landplane version with tailwheel undercarriage and parasol monoplane wing. Eight built.
* L102W
:Two examples built as biplane floatplanes, one of which was designated as the Focke-Wulf Fw 55W.
;Al 102L
:RLM designation for the L102L landplane
;Al 102W
:RLM designation for the L102W floatplane
German Aircraft between 1919-1945
{{RLM aircraft designations Parasol-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft 1930s German civil trainer aircraft L102
trainer aircraft
A trainer is a class of aircraft designed specifically to facilitate flight training of pilots and aircrews. The use of a dedicated trainer aircraft with additional safety features—such as tandem flight controls, forgiving flight characteristi ...
of the 1930s. It was a parasol-wing
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplane (aeronautics), multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowe ...
landplane, seating the student pilot
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...
and instructor in separate, open cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a Pilot in command, pilot controls the aircraft.
The cockpit of an aircraft contains flight instruments on an instrument panel, and the ...
s. A biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
floatplane
A floatplane is a type of seaplane with one or more slender floats mounted under the fuselage to provide buoyancy. By contrast, a flying boat uses its fuselage for buoyancy. Either type of seaplane may also have landing gear suitable for land, ...
version was also built as the Al 102W, with strut-braced
In aeronautics, bracing comprises additional structural members which stiffen the functional airframe to give it rigidity and strength under load. Bracing may be applied both internally and externally, and may take the form of strut, which act in ...
lower wings.
Variants
*L102L
:The landplane version with tailwheel undercarriage and parasol monoplane wing. Eight built.
* L102W
:Two examples built as biplane floatplanes, one of which was designated as the Focke-Wulf Fw 55W.
;Al 102L
:RLM designation for the L102L landplane
;Al 102W
:RLM designation for the L102W floatplane
Specifications (L102L)
Notes
References
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German Aircraft between 1919-1945
{{RLM aircraft designations Parasol-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft 1930s German civil trainer aircraft L102