what is it?
The Henschel Hs 122 was a German army cooperation/reconnaissance aircraft of the mid-1930s, radial-engined and with a parasol wing. Though only pre-production variants entered service, the Hs 122 led on to the Hs 126 which was produced in large numbers.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 14.5 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 92 years ago, in 1934.
- Top speed is 2.0× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14.5 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1934-10-30
- introduced
- 1936
- number built
- —
- role
- general-purpose military
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Henschel & Sohn
- engines
- 1× Siemens-Halske Sh 22B 9-cylinder supercharged radial also known as Bramo 322B
- crew
- 2
- length
- 10.1 m
- wingspan
- 14.5 m
- height
- 3.4 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,530 kg
- top speed
- 265 km/h
- range
- 600 km
- ceiling
- 6,600 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q317379, Wikipedia: Henschel Hs 122 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.