Loire 30
Aircraft
Loire / Loire-Gourdou-Leseurre / Groupe Loire-Nieuport / Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire
Shipbuilder of St Nazaire and la Baule which entered aviation on acquiring Gourdou and Leseurre in 1925 to become Loire-Gourdou-Leseurre. The latter left in 1929 and Loire started their own aviation department. The first original design appeared in 1931. In 1933, Nieuport- Delage merged with Loire to become the Groupe Loire-Nieuport. They built single and multi-engined flying-boats, both civil and military, and fighters for the navy. Also constructed Bloch 200 and Dewoitine 500 for the Armee de I’Air. In 1936 became part of SNCAO.
Lohner-Umlauff Rodelgleiter / Sleigh-glider
Ordered by Rittmeister Hans von Umlauff and built by Lohner with Wright-like dihedral wings, the Sleigh-glider, or Skiglider was tried over the winter of 1909/10 at Waldegg at Lower Austria, with some success.
The longest flight achieved by Von Umlauff’s biplane glider was 75 metres during testing at Semmering, Niederösterreich, Austria, on February 16, 1910.
Lohner-Daimler Arrow
Lohner-Daimler was formed in 1911, producing Arrow biplanes. One sold to Austro-Hungarian Army late 1911.
In 1912 made a world’s altitude with passenger record at 4,530 metres (14,862 feet).
Four were built during 1912.
1911
Engine: Aust. Daimler, 60 hp
Speed: 50 mph / 80 kph
1912-13 Pfeilflieger
Engine: Aust. Daimler, 125 hp
Span: 44 ft 3 in / 13.50 m
Length: 32 ft / 9.70 m
Wing area: 450 sq.ft / 42 m²
Total weight: 926 lb / 420 kg
Speed: 62 mph / 100 kph
Lohner-Daimler
Germany
Lohner-Daimler was formed in 1911, producing Arrow biplanes. One sold to Austro-Hungarian Army, 1911. Amalgamated with Etrich in 1912.
Lohner-Etrich Taube Type A
In 1911 Lohner was building the Lohner-Etrich Taube (Dove) Type A military 2-seater monoplane designed by Igo Etrich.
Lohner Marineflieger III / Seeflugzeug Nr.3
The third aeroplane of the Austrian navy, a “Pfeilflieger” biplane with a 120 hp Daimler Engine. Lohner was asked to develop a biplane for the Austro-hungarian navy in 1911 which was finished in March 1912 with a temporary undercarriage to be able to test on the land. Typical of the design was the high mounted propeller – driven by a chain – and the big wings (unequal span, 4 struts at a side).
Lohner Pfeilflieger Sport type
Two copies were built of the 1912 Pfeilflieger Sporttype light arrow-biplane with 85 hp Hiero engine. One for the k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe got the name “Cyklon”. A second model was sold to Herman Hold. It could be fitted with wheels or floats. This photo was taken when Hold flew the aircraft at the Adriatic See at Portorož (today Slovenia) in 1913.
The 1910 Lohner-Daimler “Pfeilflieger I” biplane was designed by Karl Paulal Built by J. Lohner & Co. Vienna, Austria.
Lohner C.I
Lohner B.VII
