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The Avia BH-16 was a single-seat very light sport aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1924. Like other early Avia designs, it was a low-wing braced monoplane of wooden construction.

Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Length: 5.13 m (16 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 10.6 m² (114 ft²)
• Empty weight: 130 kg (287 lb)
• Gross weight: 238 kg (525 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Vaslin Blackburne, 12 kW (16 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 116 km/h (72 mph)
• Range: 500 km (310 miles)
• Service ceiling: 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
• Rate of climb: 1.0 m/s (200 ft/min)

See also

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Published in July 2009.

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