Avia BH-26

what is it?

The Avia BH-26 was a two-seat armed reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1927. It was a single-bay unstaggered biplane with equal-span wings and a fixed tailskid undercarriage. Both upper and lower wings featured long-span ailerons, which were dynamically balanced by a small auxiliary airfoil mounted to the upper surface of the lower ailerons.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 10.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 250 km/htop speed
• range 530 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,760 kgmax take-off weight
• built 8made 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.8 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

1927

number built

8

role

reconnaissance aircraft

origin

🇨🇿 Czechoslovakia

makers

Avia

engines

1× Walter-built Bristol Jupiter / Bristol Jupiter

crew

2

length

8.9 m

wingspan

10.8 m

height

3.4 m

max take-off weight

1,760 kg

top speed

250 km/h

range

530 km

ceiling

7,500 m

wings

biplane

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