Avia BH-23
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|image=Avia_BH-23.jpg
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|type=Military trainer
|manufacturer=Avia
|designer=Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
|first_flight=1926
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|retired=
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|number_built=2
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The Avia BH-23 was a prototype night fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1926. The design was derived from the BH-21 day fighter, incorporating structural changes made to the BH-22 trainer, and the type was originally designated BH-22N. Searchlights and other night-flying equipment were added, but the Czechoslovak Air Force were not interested in the project and no sale resulted.
Specifications
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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
|height m=2.74
|height ft=9
|height in=0
|wing area sqm=22.0
|wing area sqft=237
|empty weight kg=705
|empty weight lb=1,554
|gross weight kg=879
|gross weight lb=1,938
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Skoda-built Hispano-Suiza 8Aa
|eng1 kw=134
|eng1 hp=180
|max speed kmh=210
|max speed mph=130
}}
See also
References
- {{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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