Etrich Taube

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The Etrich-Wels glider prototype, with Ignaz "Igo" Etrich in the cockpit
Design drawing of Taube from 1911
Front page of the New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial, January 1, 1917, captioned "A German Fighting Monoplane Flying Very Near the Ground Photographed from Directly Underneath."
The original Etrich II, seen in the Vienna Technical Museum

This monoplane type was originated by Ignaz Etrich, also known as Igo Etrich.[1]

The Etrich Taube (that is, "dove"), is also known as the Etrich II, distinguished thereby from the Etrich I, the Praterspatz ("Prater park Sparrow"). The Etrich I glider was a key predecessor, and was conceived moreso in Etrich's collaboration with with Franz Wels.[2]

It was used by the air forces of Italy and Austria-Hungary. The Royal Flying Corps operated at least one Taube in 1912. On November 1, 1911, Giulio Gavotti, the Italian aviator, dropped the world's first aerial bomb, from his Taube monoplane over the Ain Zara oasis in Libya.[3] (See Italo-Turkish War.)

Upon the outbreak of World War I, the Taube was proved inferior for military purposes and fell into relative disuse.[4]

The expropriation of the Etrich Taube, or Etrich II, design, by Edmund Rumpler, is key to a great proportion, though not all, of its later mass production. Other manufacturers also used variations on the Taube design.[5]

This craft, and its slight variations, go under several names, subsequently.

The new lightweight engine of the Taube was designed by Ferdinand Porsche, then working at Daimler.[6]

Firms engaging in Taube manufacture

Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke

Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke GmbH

Westphalische Flugzeugwerke

Deutsche Flugzeug Werke

Etrich Flieger-werke GmbH

Pippart-Noll

Fokker-Aeroplanbau GmbH 1912

Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke

Etrich Flieger Werke

Hansa Flugzeugwerke

Schwade Flugzeug und Motorenbau

Flugmaschinenwerke Jacob Goedecker

Zentrale für Aviatik

Luftfahrtzeugbau Gessellschaft Ing. Edmund Rumpler

Albatros-Werke G.m.b.H.

Emile Jeannin Flugzeugbau GmbH

Österreichische Motor-Luftfahrzeug-Gesellschaft


Name Etrich Taube
Year constructed 1910
Creators Ignaz Etrich
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Engine horsepower 60–70
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Enclosing categories Glider, Airplane, Monoplane, Wing warping, Rudder
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References

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igo_Etrich
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igo_Etrich
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etrich_Taube
  4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etrich_Taube
  5. Hans Fabian, "Aeronautical Research Comes into Being During the Time of the Empire", in Hirschel, Prem, & Madelung, 2014, Aeronautical Research in Germany, p. 30. «The shape of the wing, due to Ahlborn's earlier publication, in Germany could not be protected by a patent. As a result, other "Pigeons" evolved, besides the ones produced under license by Etrich-Rumpler, such as the "Gotha-pigeon", the "Hansa-pigeon", and the "Jatho-steel-pigeon", all being of similar wing shape as the "Rumpler-pigeon".»
  6. Hans Fabian, "Aeronautical Research Comes into Being During the Time of the Empire", in Hirschel, Prem, & Madelung, 2014, Aeronautical Research in Germany, p. 29.

See also

Etrich Taube on English Wikipedia, Etrich Taube on French Wikipedia, Etrich Taube on German Wikipedia

Publications referring to Etrich Taube