Berliner-Joyce OJ

what is it?

The Berliner-Joyce OJ was an American biplane observation floatplane developed by the Berliner-Joyce Aircraft for the United States Navy during the early 1930s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 243 km/htop speed
• size 1,646 kgmax take-off weight
• built 39made 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 95 years ago, in 1931.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 10.3 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

1931

introduced

1933

retired

1941

status

retired

number built

39

role

observation

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Berliner-Joyce

engines

1× Wright R-975-88 Wasp Junior

crew

2

length

7.8 m

wingspan

10.3 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

1,646 kg

top speed

243 km/h

range

—

ceiling

4,663 m

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