The Albatros L 82 was a 1920s

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trainer

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. Of conventional configuration, it seated the

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and instructor in separate, open

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s. The wings were

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, equal-span, and unstaggered.

Operational history

The prototype and one production L 82b took part in the

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international contest, during which the prototype (D-1704) crashed on 10 August 1929 in

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, pilot Karl Ziegler. The second example (D-1706) completed the contest in 27th place, pilot

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).Marian Krzyżan: Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929–1934, Warsaw 1988

Variants

* L 82a - prototype with

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engine * L 82b - single example with Siemens-Halske Sh 13 engine * L 82c - production version with

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engine

Specifications (L 82c)

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