Avia BH-26

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BH-26
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RoleReconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Avia
Designer Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
First flight1927
Number builtca. 8

The Avia BH-26 was a two-seat armed reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1927. It was a single-bay unstaggered biplane with equal-span wings and a fixed tailskid undercarriage. Both upper and lower wings featured long-span ailerons, which were dynamically balanced by a small auxiliary airfoil mounted to the upper surface of the lower ailerons. Its design was typical of this type of aircraft built during World War I and the years following; pilot and observer sat in tandem open cockpits with the observer armed with a machine gun on a ring mount. As with many other Avia designs, the BH-26 originally had no fixed fin, only a rudder, but this was changed in service.

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Specifications

Avia BH-26 3-view drawing from L'Aeronautique January,1927 Avia BH-26 3-view L'Aeronautique January,1927.png
Avia BH-26 3-view drawing from L'Aéronautique January,1927

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also

Related development BH-28

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References

  1. Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 76c.

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