Albatros L 82

The Albatros L 82 was a 1920s German trainer biplane of conventional configuration, seating the pilot and instructor in separate open cockpits, with single-bay, equal-span, unstaggered wings. The prototype, the L 82a, used a de Havilland Gipsy engine, a single L 82b had a Siemens-Halske Sh 13, and the production L 82c used a 120 kilowatt Siemens-Halske Sh 14. The prototype and one production L 82b took part in the Challenge 1929 international contest; the prototype crashed on 10 August 1929 at Turnu Severin, while the second aircraft finished in 27th place. The L 82c had a wingspan of 9 metres and a maximum speed of 160 kilometres per hour.