Trainerslight sport and training aircraft built by de Havilland Aircraft Company in the 1920s
DH.53 Humming Bird
The de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird is a British single-seat, single-engine, low-wing monoplane light aircraft first flown in the 1920s.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- de Havilland Aircraft Company
- Category
- Trainers
- First flight
- 1923-10-02
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 52 kt
- Max speed
- 63 kt
- Range
- 110 nm
- Service ceiling
- 15,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 225 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 565 lb
- Empty weight
- 326 lb
- Powerplant
- 1 × Blackburne Tomtit V-2
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 19.7 ft
- Wingspan
- 30.1 ft
- Height
- 7.3 ft
- Number built
- 15
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.