Sablatnig P III
The Sablatnig P III was a German civil aircraft Sablatnig Flugzeugbau GmbH.
The Sab P III was designed in 1918 by Hans lumpfish as a development of Sablatnig PI. Like most airliners that time she was a strutted high-wing aircraft. The rectangular fuselage was a wooden construction and covered with plywood. The wings were covered with fabric. On landing the Sab P III was slowed by grinding spur, since the rigid chassis was neither slowed nor sprung. The aircraft was characterized by a low fuel consumption and comfortable access. The beiklappbaren wings and the tail, which allowed the rail, were technical innovations as well as the ability to control vital installations by the pilot. This was in an open cockpit on the fuselage, while there was a closed heated cab available for passengers. The flight engineer sat on the left behind the pilot. The landing distance of 135 meters and the time required for the take-off distance of 165 meters made it possible to approach the numerous German commercial airports, the runways had with lengths of less than 400 meters.
The passenger seats could be removed with little effort, so that the machine could be quickly converted to a cargo plane. The medical version was designed to transport a person lying down with two companions. There was also a version for aerial photography, in which the number of image device was placed in the middle of the cabin.
From 1919 it was from the air traffic Sablatnig, later Lloyd aviation Sablatnig, a regular service. Other machines were at the Deutsche Luft-Reederei in use and came from there in 1926 to Lufthansa. The machine was, D -984 ' ant ' flown among others by the " Deutsche Luft Hansa " as D -143 "Bee ", D- 171 ' Bumblebee ', D -581 ' dragonfly ', D -770 ' mosquito '. The decommissioning was carried out in the 1930s.
Some aircraft of type Sab P III were built and used in Estonia.
Specifications Sablatnig P 3
See also: List of types of aircraft