The Lohner E was a

reconnaissance In military operations, military reconnaissance () or scouting is the exploration of an area by military forces to obtain information about enemy forces, the terrain, and civil activities in the area of operations. In military jargon, reconnai ...

flying boat A flying boat is a type of seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy. Though ...

built in Austria-Hungary during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

.Taylor 1989, p. 611.''World Aircraft Information Files''. London: Bright Star Publishing, pp. File 900 Sheet 20. The "E" stood for Igo Etrich, one of the Lohner engineers. It was a conventional design for its day with

biplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...

wings that featured slight sweepback, and an engine mounted pusher-fashion in the interplane gap. Its crew of two was seated in an open cockpit. Around 40 examples were built before production shifted to the more powerful L.

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* Angelucci, Enzo. ''The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980.'' San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. . * Taylor, Michael J. H. ''Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation''. London: Studio Editions, 1989. . * Tucker, Spencer. ''The Encyclopedia of World War I''. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 2005. . {{Lohner aircraft 1910s Austro-Hungarian military reconnaissance aircraft E Flying boats Biplanes Single-engined pusher aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1913 sr:Лонер TL

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