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NOVEMBER 26, 1915. [pJQhf THE CAPTURED ALBATROS RECONNAISSANCE BIPLANE. OF the three captured German aeroplanes that have been for the last couple of weeks on view on the Horse Guards Parade the smaller of the two Albatros biplanes is, perhaps, the more interesting, seeing that it is of a later altered and improved as a result, no doubt, of the lessons learned since then in actual warfare. One of the chief characteristics of the older machine—namely, that of building up the fuselage without the use of wire Three-quarter front view of the cap'ured Albatros biplane. "Flight" Copyright type than the larger fighting biplane of the same make The majority of our readers will already be familiar with the general design and construction of the Albatros •machines fromj the description given in our issue of April 4th, 1914, of the biplane flown over here by the well-known pilot Robert Thelen. bracing—has been retained, so that it would appear that this form of construction has stood the test of time. The main framework of the Albatros fuselage consists of six longitudinals, of which the two lower ones are ash and the rest spruce. At intervals of a couple of feet these longitudinals are connected by struts and cross :. • ' -J / fi>& ^» 1 f w >• aScn *f £ f: ,'*§4 f ~W"W(y| L " sfi'JV W^jm1*'*' J"4 g*,r2f?g ^48 "**V. •*.. B| Three-quarter rear view of the Albatros biplane. "Flight" Copyright. In its general arrangement the reconnaissance type, which is evidently a fairly recent model, does not differ to any great extent from the larger machine seen at Hendon last year, but numerous details have been members, swelled out where they pass the longitudinals and abutting with their ends on small angle pieces, also of wood, the latter surrounding the two inner sides of the longitudinals. Instead of the usual wire bracing, 915
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