Albatros L 75

The Albatros L 75 Ass (German for ace) was a German trainer biplane of the 1920s, of conventional configuration, seating the pilot and instructor in separate open cockpits. The wings were single-bay, equal-span, with a slight stagger. A prototype with a BMW IVa engine was followed by the L 75a production version with a BMW Va engine and by a long series of sub-variants, the L 75b to L 75F and the L 75DSA and DSB, that used BMW Va or Junkers L5 engines. Production continued after Albatros was absorbed by Focke-Wulf. The L 75a had a wingspan of 12.5 metres, a maximum speed of 217 kilometres per hour, a range of 1,600 kilometres and a service ceiling of 5,500 metres.