Huff-Daland LB-1
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|name= LB-1
|image=Huff-Daland LB-1.jpg
|caption=
|type=Single engine biplane bomber
|manufacturer=Huff-Daland
|designer=
|first_flight=1923
|introduction=1923
|retired=
|status=
|primary_user=United States Army Air Service
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|produced=
|number_built=10
|variants=
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The Huff-Daland LB-1 was an American biplane light bomber aircraft operated by the United States Army Air Service in the 1920s.
Derived from the XLB-1 prototype bought by the Army in 1923, the LB-1 development aircraft was powered by a single Packard 2A-2500 engine and carried an extra crewman. It proved underpowered in service trials, and was replaced by the twin-engined XLB-3.
Variants
;XLB-1: Prototype aircraft, powered by a 750 hp (559 kW) Packard 1A-2540 piston engine;{{Cite book |last=Chant |first=Christopher |title=The World's Great Bombers: From 1914 to the Present Day |date= |publisher=Amber Books Ltd |year=2000 |isbn=978-0-7858-1989-9 |publication-date=2005 |pages=51-52}} one built (S/N 23-1250).
;LB-1: Single-engine light bomber biplane, powered by an 787 hp (587 kW) Packard 2A-2540 piston engine;Swanborough and Bowers 1963, p. 280. nine built (S/N 26-377/385).
Operators
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- United States Army Air Service
- 11th Bomb SquadronMaurer Maurer (1982). [http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/Annotations/maurercombat.htm Combat Squadrons of the Air Force, World War II] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070801125325/http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/Annotations/maurercombat.htm |date=2007-08-01 }} Page 60
Specifications
File:Huff_Daland_XLB-1_3-view_L'Air_September_15,1926.png
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=United States Military Aircraft since 1909Swanborough and Bowers 1963, p. 280.
|prime units? = imp
|length m=14.07
|length ft=46
|length in=2
|span m=20.27
|span ft=60
|span in=6
|height m=4.55
|height ft=14
|height in=11
|wing area sqm=105.7
|wing area sqft=1,137
|empty weight kg=2,876
|empty weight lb=6,237
|gross weight kg=5,631
|gross weight lb=12,415
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Packard 2A-2500 water-cooled vee engine
|eng1 kw=587
|eng1 hp= 787
|max speed kmh=190
|max speed mph=120
|cruise speed kmh=169
|cruise speed mph=105
|range km= 692
|range miles=430
|ceiling m=3,400
|ceiling ft=11,150
|climb rate ms=2.7
|climb rate ftmin=530
|armament = *5 × .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns
}}
See also
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References
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;Notes
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;Bibliography
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- Donald, David, ed. Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, ON: Prospero Books, 1997. {{ISBN|1-85605-375-X}}.
- Swanborough, F.G. and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft since 1909. London: Putnam, 1963.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131005031036/http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=2400 Huff Daland LB-1] – National Museum of the United States Air Force
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