Talk:Albatros D.VI/@comment-101.175.36.61-20170221064254

In mid 1915, Geoffrey de Havilland of Airco produced a single-seat biplane fighter of exceptional aerobatic and strength qualities -- the DH2. It had a pusher rotary engine of 100 hp, twin tubular-steel booms, and must have given the pilot, with his .303 Lewis gun, superb vision, hence fighting opportunity.

The prototype was sent to France for testing, but fell into German hands, virtually intact in August 1915.

In 1917, Albatros produced a single-seat, twin-boom, pusher biplane, the D VI. It had a Daimler D IIIa 6-cylinder water-cooled engine of 180 hp. and was armed with a cannon! According to the current sources it was the only twin-boom, pusher design that Albatros ever produced. In the 'Albatros' pages of Green and Swanborough it stands out like a sore thumb. There are no photographs, and it didn't progress.

One wonders about this coincidence.