Avia BH-10

what is it?

The Avia BH-10 was a single-seat aerobatic sports plane built in Czechoslovakia in 1924, based on the Avia BH-9, which was in turn developed from the BH-5 and BH-1. It was easily visually distinguished from the BH-9 by the tall anti-roll pylon added behind the open cockpit in order to protect the pilot in the event that the aircraft flipped over or crashed while inverted. 21 copies of the aircraft were built, 10 of which were bought by the Czechoslovak Army as a training aircraft and operated under the designation B.10.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 8.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• range 480 kmwithout refuelling
• size 414 kgmax take-off weight
• built 21made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 102 years ago, in 1924.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1924

number built

21

role

sports plane

makers

Avia

engines

1× Walter NZ 60

length

5.4 m

wingspan

8.8 m

max take-off weight

414 kg

top speed

160 km/h

range

480 km

ceiling

4,500 m

wings

low wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.