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- 1. Heinkel HD 17 Les Ailes January 7, 1926: Les Ailes newspaper· Public domain
what is it?
The Heinkel HD 17 was a military reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany in the late 1920s.
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 102 years ago, in 1924.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1924
- number built
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- role
- reconnaissance aircraft
- origin
- German-Swiss
- makers
- Heinkel
- engines
- 1× Napier Lion
- length
- 9.5 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,050 kg
- top speed
- 240 km/h
- range
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Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3727055, Wikipedia: Heinkel HD 17 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.