what is it?
The Heinkel HD 32 was a trainer developed in Germany in the 1920s, a derivative of the HD 21. Like that aircraft, it was a conventional, single-bay biplane, but had only two cockpits rather than the three that the HD 21 had. The other significant change was the use of a Siemens radial engine in place of the inline units that powered most of the HD 21 family.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.5 m wingspan
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 101 years ago, in 1925.
- Wingspan of 10.5 m: about 2 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
- 1925
- number built
- 11
- role
- trainer
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Arado Flugzeugwerke, Heinkel
- engines
- 1× Siemens-Halske Sh 12 / Bristol Lucifer / Sh 12 / Siemens-Halske Sh 11
- length
- 6.8 m
- wingspan
- 10.5 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 900 kg
- top speed
- 140 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 3,800 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5699813, Wikipedia: Heinkel HD 32 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.