Avia BH-19

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name=BH-19


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type=Fighter
manufacturer=Avia
designer=Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
first flight=1924
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number built=2
variants with their own articles=The Avia BH-19 was a fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was a low-wing braced monoplane derived from the Avia BH-3 and reflected its designers' ongoing belief that the monoplane configuration was the most suitable for a fighter aircraft. Initial trials revealed excellent performance, but also displayed control problems and aileron flutter. Nevertheless, the Czech Army were sufficiently impressed to tell Avia that it would order the BH-19 if the problems could be rectified.

The first prototype was destroyed in a crash during speed trials, and the second prototype revealed no better handling than its predecessor. At this point, the Czechoslovakian War Ministry stepped in and asked Avia to cease its attempts to develop a monoplane fighter.

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crew=one pilot
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length m=7.37
length ft=24
length in=2
span m=10.80
span ft=35
span in=5
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wing area sqm=18.3
wing area sqft=197
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empty weight kg=792
empty weight lb=1,746
gross weight kg=1,155
gross weight lb=2,546

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Skoda-built Hispano-Suiza 8Fb Vee-8
eng1 kw= 230
eng1 hp= 310
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max speed kmh=245
max speed mph=152
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range km=520
range miles=320
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ceiling m=8,000
ceiling ft=26,200
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climb rate ms=5.6
climb rate ftmin=1,090
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armament1=2 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine guns
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References

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* Němeček, V. (1968). "Československá letadla". Praha: Naše Vojsko.

ee also

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BH-3

similar aircraft=

sequence=
BH-12 -
BH-16 -
BH-17 -BH-19 -
BH-20 -
BH-21 -
BH-22

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