Avia BH-22
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|image=Avia BH-22 L'Aéronautique December,1926.jpg
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|type=Military trainer
|manufacturer=Avia
|designer=Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
|first_flight=30 July 1926
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|number_built=30
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The Avia BH-22 was a trainer aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1925, based on the BH-21 fighter. A smaller engine was used and armament removed. The lighter engine required the wing stagger to be decreased. No significant modifications were made to the airframe structure, reduced weight further increasing the ultimate load factor (the BH-21 was designed to 12.5g). Some aeroplanes carried a camera gun. The type saw long service as a special aerobatic trainer and eventually several examples found their way into Czechoslovakia's aero clubs.
Specifications
File:Avia_BH-22_2-view_L'Aéronautique_July,1927.png
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|prime units? = met
|crew=one pilot
|length m=6.87
|length ft=22
|length in=6
|span m=8.90
|span ft=29
|span in=2
|wing area sqm=22.0
|wing area sqft=237
|empty weight kg=686
|empty weight lb=1,512
|gross weight kg=860
|gross weight lb=1,896
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Skoda-built Hispano-Suiza 8Aa
|eng1 kw=134
|eng1 hp=180
|max speed kmh=216
|max speed mph=134
|ceiling m=6,200
|ceiling ft=20,341
|climb rate ms=3.8
|climb rate ftmin=745
}}
See also
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 }}
- {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 889 Sheet 86 }}
- Němeček, V. (1968). Československá letadla. Praha: Naše Vojsko.
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