Avia BH-33
The Avia BH-33 was a biplane fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1927. It was based on the BH-21J which demonstrated promising results by combining the original BH-21 airframe with a licence-built Bristol Jupiter radial engine. Other than the peculiar Avia hallmark of having an upper wing with a shorter span than the lower, it was utterly conventional, even featuring a tail fin for the first time in a Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn design (previous aircraft had a rudder but no fin).
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Avia
- Category
- Fighters
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovakia
- First flight
- 1927-10-21
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 151 kt
- Max speed
- 162 kt
- Range
- 240 nm
- Service ceiling
- 26,247 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,940 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 3,439 lb
- Empty weight
- 2,463 lb
- Powerplant
- Škoda L
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 23.7 ft
- Wingspan
- 29.2 ft
- Height
- 10.3 ft
- Number built
- 110
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.