#0454
Heinkel HD 20
🇩🇪 Germany ·first flew 1926· three seat photographic survey and mapping aircraft
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Heinkel HD-20 left front Aero Digest December 1926: Aero Digest Magazine· Attribution
- 2. Heinkel HD 20 L'Aéronautique December,1926: L'Aéronautique magazine· Public domain
- 3. Heinkel HD-20 front Aero Digest December 1926: Aero Digest Magazine· Attribution
- 4. Heinkel HD-20 rear Aero Digest December 1926: Aero Digest Magazine· Attribution
what is it?
The Heinkel HD 20 was a twin engine, three seat German biplane built in 1926 for civil survey work.
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 100 years ago, in 1926.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1926
- number built
- —
- role
- three seat photographic survey and mapping aircraft
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Heinkel
- engines
- 2× Wright R-790 Whirlwind / Whirlwind
- length
- 9.5 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,965 kg
- top speed
- 195 km/h
- cruise speed
- 180 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,000 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16563008, Wikipedia: Heinkel HD 20 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.