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Concentrating more on the couple's apparel rather than on the aircraft is there a possibility that it might be italian?
I apologize for my random appearances but I'm still plagued by the system that let's me log in at its own discretion in spite of all my efforts and your kind suggestions.....well that was one of the lucky days (actually two over the last month)
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I apologize for my random appearances but I'm still plagued by the system that let's me log in at its own discretion in spite of all my efforts and your kind suggestions.....well that was one of the lucky days (actually two over the last month)
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Can't find any pictures of mine, but I like the look of that one Mel, designed for newspapers, it has the gravity feed tank too and the fuselage roof is the right shape and height! It looks like the windows were changed and and the roof profile modded for headroom when adapted for pax.
Oh well, back to work.
Oh well, back to work.
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It may be a version of the Albatros L.72C which I believe was the passenger version. The cockpit looks right, but I cannot locate a photograph other than this one:-
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Hi Mel,
It's coffee time, here's a little more info and some more pictures, otherwise it seems quite shy!
Albatros L 72
Now back to work again! TC
It's coffee time, here's a little more info and some more pictures, otherwise it seems quite shy!
Albatros L 72
Now back to work again! TC
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Yes - the Albatros L72 with Mel being first and taking control.
I found this picture, a private Agfa photo with a postcard back, at an antiques show and invested a small sum in it as a research item - and it took me even longer to crack it. That was even with the benefit of having the full picture with the fin-less tail unit with the horizontal surfaces forward and having recognised the building top right as what would have been the then new terminal at Hamburg Fuhlsbuttel.
Like all of you, the other pictures I have found are of the original newspaper-carrier version with fewer windows but the picture ties in with all three produced having ended up with Hamburger Luftverkehr Gmbh in the early thirties. ( John Stroud - European Transport Aircraft since 1910). The tail markings and flag are not Hitler era.
I hope they enjoyed their flight in ignorance of what was to come, for Hamburg especially.
I found this picture, a private Agfa photo with a postcard back, at an antiques show and invested a small sum in it as a research item - and it took me even longer to crack it. That was even with the benefit of having the full picture with the fin-less tail unit with the horizontal surfaces forward and having recognised the building top right as what would have been the then new terminal at Hamburg Fuhlsbuttel.
Like all of you, the other pictures I have found are of the original newspaper-carrier version with fewer windows but the picture ties in with all three produced having ended up with Hamburger Luftverkehr Gmbh in the early thirties. ( John Stroud - European Transport Aircraft since 1910). The tail markings and flag are not Hitler era.
I hope they enjoyed their flight in ignorance of what was to come, for Hamburg especially.
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Thanks Doug.
Great Challenge.
I discovered that D-1140 later became D-OMUZ but could find no photograph of the aircraft in it's new marking. On the Wikipedia there was a statement that says:-
It would be well worth putting your photograph on Wikipedia under the L.72 heading.
Here is the next one, a bit grainy I am afraid.
Mel
Great Challenge.
I discovered that D-1140 later became D-OMUZ but could find no photograph of the aircraft in it's new marking. On the Wikipedia there was a statement that says:-
Deutsche Lufthansa AG - In 1937 confiscates three copies incorporated into its fleet
Here is the next one, a bit grainy I am afraid.
Mel
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Bonsoir
Many many thanks for this rarity
(Btw ,it has the swastika flagg)
I identified it as an Albatros 72 ,but the windows were not the good one and I concluded it was my mistake
The current challenge is easier : Fokker G.1 recco version (N.304).
Cheers
Richard
Many many thanks for this rarity
(Btw ,it has the swastika flagg)
I identified it as an Albatros 72 ,but the windows were not the good one and I concluded it was my mistake
The current challenge is easier : Fokker G.1 recco version (N.304).
Cheers
Richard
