Blohm & Voss BV 237

what is it?

The Blohm & Voss BV 237 was a German proposed dive bomber with an unusual asymmetric design based on the Blohm & Voss BV 141.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 jet engines · 14.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 579 km/htop speed
• range 2,000 kmwithout refuelling
• size 6,685 kgmax take-off weight

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

• 🏎️Top speed is 4.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 2,000 km: 11× Amsterdam to Brussels.

jet: Gas turbine pushing air out the back (turbofan or turbojet): fast and high-flying.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

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role

dive bomber, attack aircraft

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Blohm+Voss

engines

2× BMW 801D / Junkers Jumo 004B

crew

1

length

10.8 m

wingspan

14.5 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

6,685 kg

top speed

579 km/h

range

2,000 km

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