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- 1. Heinkel he 114 san diego air and space museum 2: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 2. Heinkel he 114 san diego air and space museum 3: Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 3. Un hydravion Heinkel He-114 allemand "7R+B6" du Seeaufklärungsgruppe 125: Walter Jacobi· Public domain
what is it?
The Heinkel He 114 was a sesquiplane reconnaissance seaplane produced for the Kriegsmarine in the 1930s for use from warships. It replaced the company's He 60, but it did not remain in service long before being replaced by the Arado Ar 196, Germany's standard observation seaplane.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.6 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
- Top speed is 2.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 13.6 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
- 1936
- introduced
- 1939
- retired
- 1945
- status
- retired
- number built
- 103
- role
- reconnaissance floatplane
- origin
- Nazi Germany
- makers
- Heinkel
- engines
- 1× BMW 132K / BMW 132
- crew
- 2
- length
- 11.7 m
- wingspan
- 13.6 m
- height
- 5.2 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,670 kg
- top speed
- 335 km/h
- range
- 920 km
- ceiling
- 4,900 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q677259, Wikipedia: Heinkel He 114 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.