5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Avia BH-25 L'Aéronautique June,1927: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 2. Avia BH-25 left rear L'Aéronautique June,1927: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 3. Avia BH-25 s motorem Jupiter IV: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
- 4. Avia BH-25L Les Ailes May 12,1927: Les Ailes newspaper· Public domain
- 5. Walter Jupiter a letoun Avia BH-25: neznámý (unknown)· Public domain
what is it?
The Avia BH-25 was a biplane airliner built in Czechoslovakia in 1926. Typical of airliners of its time, it seated five passengers within its fuselage, whilst the pilots sat in an open cockpit above. Of conventional configuration, it was a single-bay bi-plane of equal span and unstaggered wings, with fixed tailskid landing gear.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 15.3 m wingspan
base stats
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
- Wingspan of 15.3 m: about 3 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
- 1926-07
- retired
- 1936
- status
- retired
- number built
- 12
- role
- airliner
- origin
- 🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia
- makers
- Avia
- engines
- 1× Walter-built Bristol Jupiter / Lorraine-Dietrich / Bristol Jupiter
- crew
- 2
- passengers
- 5
- length
- 12.8 m
- wingspan
- 15.3 m
- height
- 4.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,880 kg
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- range
- 700 km
- ceiling
- 4,100 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q790746, Wikipedia: Avia BH-25 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.