Blohm & Voss Ha 137
The Hamburger Flugzeugbau Ha 137 was a German ground-attack aircraft of the 1930s. It was Blohm & Voss' entry into the contest to equip the re-forming Luftwaffe with its first purpose-built dive bomber. Although the contest would eventually be won by the Junkers Ju 87, the Ha 137 demonstrated that B&V's Hamburger Flugzeugbau, not even two years old at this point, had a truly capable design team of its own. One Ha 137 single-seat prototype competed against the Henschel Hs 123 at Rechlin.
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- Manufacturer
- Blohm+Voss
- Country of origin
- German Reich
- First flight
- 1935-01-18
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 160 kt
- Max speed
- 160 kt
- Range
- 310 nm
- Service ceiling
- 23,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,640 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 5,324 lb
- Empty weight
- 3,999 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 70 US gal
- Powerplant
- Junkers Jumo 210Aa V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 31 ft
- Wingspan
- 36 ft
- Height
- 9 ft
- Number built
- 6
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.