Etrich Luft-Limousine


The Luft-Limousine or Luftlimousine, also known as Etrich VIII Luft-Limousine, was a single engine monoplane built by the Etrich company in Silesia in 1912.

Development

The Luft-Limousine was designed by Igo Etrich, the builder of the Etrich Taube.
The plane was built in the 'Etrich Fliegerwerke' factory in Liebau. It was an aircraft with a cabin for one pilot and a single passenger that was enclosed with wire gauze and celluloid windows, the reason for which Igo Etrich named it Luft-Limousine.
The Luft-Limousine was the first military monoplane with an enclosed cabin. It was powered by a 60 hp Austro-Daimler engine.

Operational history

The maiden flight of this plane took place in Josefstadt, only few kilometres south of Trautenau on 7 May 1912.
During World War I the Luft-Limousine was used by the Austro-Hungarian army.

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