Standard H-2

what is it?

The Standard H-2 was an early American Army reconnaissance aircraft, ordered in 1916. The H-2 was built by the Standard Aircraft Corporation, and previously known as the Sloane H-2. It was an open-cockpit three-place tractor biplane, powered by a 125 hp (90 kW) Hall-Scott A-5 engine.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 135 km/htop speed
• size 1,497 kgmax take-off weight

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

• 🚗Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

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

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

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role

trainer

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Standard Aircraft Corporation

engines

1× Hall-Scott A-5

crew

2

length

8.2 m

wingspan

12.2 m

max take-off weight

1,497 kg

top speed

135 km/h

range

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