BH-25
The Avia BH-25 was a biplane airliner built in Czechoslovakia in 1926. Typical of airliners of its time, it seated five passengers within its fuselage, whilst the pilots sat in an open cockpit above. Of conventional configuration, it was a single-bay bi-plane of equal span and unstaggered wings, with fixed tailskid landing gear. Originally designed for a Lorraine-Dietrich engine, this was changed to a Bristol Jupiter in service. After their withdrawal from airline use in 1936, some were used by the military for a while before finally becoming training targets.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Avia
- Category
- Airliners
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovakia
- First flight
- 1926-07-01
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 100 kt
- Max speed
- 100 kt
- Range
- 380 nm
- Service ceiling
- 13,500 ft
- Rate of climb
- 330 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 6,349 lb
- Empty weight
- 4,012 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 116.7 US gal
- Powerplant
- Bristol Jupiter 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 7
- Length
- 42.1 ft
- Wingspan
- 50.2 ft
- Height
- 14.5 ft
- Number built
- 12
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.