Heinkel He 70 Blitz

what is it?

The Heinkel He 70 Blitz ("lightning") was a fast monoplane aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Heinkel Flugzeugwerke. It was the first Schnellbomber operated by the Luftwaffe. Development of the He 70 began in the early 1930s in response to a request from Deutsche Lufthansa for a fast mail plane.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · low wing · 14.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 360 km/htop speed
• range 1,820 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,500 kgmax take-off weight
• built 324made 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 94 years ago, in 1932.
• 🏎️Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,820 km: 10× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1932-12-01

introduced

1933

retired

1954

status

retired

number built

324

role

mail plane, passenger

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Heinkel

engines

1× BMW VI 7.3 Z

length

11.7 m

wingspan

14.8 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

3,500 kg

top speed

360 km/h

cruise speed

295 km/h

range

1,820 km

ceiling

6,000 m

wings

low wing

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