ALBATROS W.4 (EARLY)

The Albatros W.4 airplane is a single-seat fighter floatplane from the First World War created for the needs of the German Navy. The first tests of the new machine began in August 1916, and the line service of the Albatros W. 4 began at the beginning of 1917. A total of 118 units were produced by December 1917. The plane was used for patrols and defense of German navy bases in the Baltic and North Sea. The plane was not used intensively by the German Navy, and from 1918 it was replaced by two-seat machines, eg Hansa-Brandenburg W.12. Technical data: Top speed: 160 km / h; climb speed 3.3 m / s, maximum ceiling 3000 m, maximum range: 450 km, armament: two 7.92 mm LMG08 machine guns.