Avia BH-11

what is it?

The Avia BH-11 was a two-seat monoplane sport aircraft designed and produced by the Czechoslovak aircraft manufacturer Avia. It was designed during the early 1920s as a further development of the Avia BH-9. The principal changes from its predecessor centred around the aircraft's redesigned forward fuselage.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 9.7 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 160 km/htop speed
• range 650 kmwithout refuelling
• size 610 kgmax take-off weight
• built 19made 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 103 years ago, in 1923.
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1923

number built

19

role

sports plane

origin

🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia

makers

Avia

engines

1× Walter NZ 60 / Walter Vega

crew

2

length

6.6 m

wingspan

9.7 m

height

2.5 m

max take-off weight

610 kg

top speed

160 km/h

range

650 km

ceiling

3,300 m

wings

low wing

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