Heinkel HD 22

what is it?

The Heinkel HD 22 was a trainer designed in Germany during the 1920s. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with staggered wings braced with N-type interplane struts. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits, and the main units of the fixed, tailskid undercarriage were linked by a cross-axle.

base stats

• speed 204 km/htop speed
• size 1,700 kgmax take-off weight
• built 51made 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 100 years ago, in 1926.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× 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

1926

introduced

1928

number built

51

role

civil trainer

origin

German Reich

makers

Manfred Weiss Works, Heinkel

engines

1× BMW IV / Austro-Daimler / Bristol Titan / BMW Va

crew

2

length

8.3 m

max take-off weight

1,700 kg

top speed

204 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.