Howard DGA-15

what is it?

The Howard DGA-15 is a single-engine civil aircraft produced in the United States by the Howard Aircraft Corporation from 1939 to 1944. After the United States' entry into World War II, it was built in large numbers for the United States Navy and also served various roles in the United States Army Air Forces.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 323 km/htop speed
• range 1,480 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 4passengers
• size 1,973 kgmax take-off weight
• built 520made 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

• 🏎️Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.6 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,480 km: 8× Amsterdam to Brussels.

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

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1939

number built

520

role

civil transport

makers

Howard Aircraft Corporation

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney R-985SB Wasp Jr.

passengers

4

length

7.6 m

wingspan

11.6 m

height

2.6 m

max take-off weight

1,973 kg

top speed

323 km/h

range

1,480 km

ceiling

6,553 m

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