Heinkel HE 8

what is it?

The Heinkel H.E.8 was a reconnaissance monoplane floatplane built in Germany in the late 1920s. It was developed at the request of the Royal Danish Navy, which required a similar aircraft to the H.E.5 being operated in Sweden.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 16.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 212 km/htop speed
• range 1,290 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 3passengers
• size 2,650 kgmax take-off weight
• built 22made 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 16.8 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,290 km: 7× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

1927

introduced

1928

retired

1940

status

retired

number built

22

role

reconnaissance floatplane

origin

🇩🇪 Germany

makers

Heinkel

engines

1× Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar / Jaguar

crew

3

passengers

3

length

11.7 m

wingspan

16.8 m

height

4.4 m

max take-off weight

2,650 kg

top speed

212 km/h

range

1,290 km

ceiling

5,600 m

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