Heinkel He 64

what is it?

The Heinkel He 64 was a sports plane designed by the German aeronautical engineers Siegfried and Walter Günter and produced by the aircraft manufacturer Heinkel. It was specifically built to participate in the touring plane championships of 1933. The He 64 was a sleek, low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration, being furnished with fixed, tailskid undercarriage and a well-furnished and relatively spacious cockpit.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 245 km/htop speed
• seats 1passengers
• size 780 kgmax take-off weight
• built 7made 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.8 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

1933

number built

7

role

sports plane

origin

German Reich

makers

Heinkel

engines

1× Argus As 8R

crew

1

passengers

1

length

8.3 m

wingspan

9.8 m

height

2.1 m

max take-off weight

780 kg

top speed

245 km/h

cruise speed

222 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,005 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.