Hispano Aviación HA-1112

what is it?

The Hispano Aviación HA-1109 and HA-1112 are licence-built versions of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2 developed in Spain during and after World War II.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 600 km/htop speed
• range 690 kmwithout refuelling
• size 3,200 kgmax take-off weight
• built 172made 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 72 years ago, in 1954.
• 🏎️Top speed is 4.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🏔️Can fly 1.1× higher than Mount Everest (8,849 m).

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

spec sheet

first flight

1954-03-29

introduced

1956

retired

1965

status

retired

number built

172

role

fighter

makers

Hispano Aviación

engines

1× Hispano-Suiza 12Z-17

length

8.5 m

wingspan

9.9 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

3,200 kg

top speed

600 km/h

cruise speed

400 km/h

range

690 km

ceiling

9,800 m

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

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