Avia BH-20

BH-20
Role	Civil trainer
Manufacturer	Avia
Designer	Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
First flight	1924

The Avia BH-20 was a civil trainer aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was a single-bay, unstaggered biplane of conventional configuration. The wings were braced with N-struts at around half-span. The pilot and instructor were seated in tandem, open cockpits.

Specifications

General characteristics

Crew: two, pilot and instructor
Length: 6.29 m (20 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 7.88 m (25 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 16.1 m² (173 ft²)
Empty weight: 345 kg (761 lb)
Gross weight: 485 kg (1,069 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Walter NZ 60 radial, 45 kW (60 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 160 km/h (100 mph)
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,100 ft)
Rate of climb: 3.1 m/s (610 ft/min)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Avia aircraft.

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 86.
Němeček, V. (1968). Československá letadla. Praha: Naše Vojsko.

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