Häfeli DH-5

what is it?

The Häfeli DH-5 was a 1910s Swiss two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, built by the aircraft department of the Federal Construction Works (Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette, K + W) at Thun, Switzerland.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 12 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 180 km/htop speed
• range 480 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,271 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 107 years ago, in 1919.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12 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

1919-03

introduced

1922

retired

1940

status

retired

number built

39

role

reconnaissance biplane

origin

🇨🇭 Switzerland

makers

Flug- und Fahrzeugwerke Altenrhein

engines

1× LFW III

crew

2

length

7.6 m

wingspan

12 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,271 kg

top speed

180 km/h

range

480 km

ceiling

5,600 m

wings

biplane

landing gear

fixed conventional landing gear

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