Avia BH-20

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|type=Civil trainer

|manufacturer=Avia

|designer=Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn

|first_flight=1924

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|number_built=1

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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

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|prime units? = met

|crew=two, pilot and instructor

|length m=6.29

|length ft=20

|length in=8

|span m=7.88

|span ft=25

|span in=10

|wing area sqm=16.1

|wing area sqft=173

|empty weight kg=345

|empty weight lb=761

|gross weight kg=485

|gross weight lb=1,069

|eng1 number=1

|eng1 name=Walter NZ 60 radial

|eng1 kw=45

|eng1 hp=60

|max speed kmh=160

|max speed mph=100

|ceiling m=4,000

|ceiling ft=13,100

|climb rate ms=3.1

|climb rate ftmin=610

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References

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  • {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=86 }}
  • Němeček, V. (1968). Československá letadla. Praha: Naše Vojsko.

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Category:1920s Czechoslovak civil trainer aircraft

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